Oman’s launch of the African Bank of Oman in Luanda marks a new step in Africa–Middle East financial integration, supporting trade, payments and investment flows via Angola. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/oman-an… #AfricaTrade #MiddleEastAfrica #Oman #Angola #TradeFinance

The Middle East crisis could cut Africa’s 2026 growth by 0.2% with effects already being felt. SMEs face rising costs, tighter liquidity, DHL warns of a credit crunch. gulfafricareview.com/middle-… #AfricaTrade #IntraAfricanTrade #AfCFTA #AfricanEconomy #TradeFinance #Logistics

Mogadishu, Berbera, and Kismayo are being positioned as gateways for livestock exports, and increasingly, for higher-value products like processed meat and leather. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/somalia… #AfCFTA #AfricaTrade #Somalia #livestock #Africa @au_ibar @IGADsecretariat

Access Bank used ATC 2026 to sharpen the conversation around what intra-African trade still needs most: execution. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/access-… #accessbank #africantrade #business #africa #intraafricantrade #africatradeconference #atc2026 @myaccessbank @AfDB_Group

Ghana’s 69th Independence Anniversary event in Lagos carried a clear commercial message: stronger trade and investment ties with Nigeria. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/ghana-s… #Ghana #Nigeria #trade #investment #business #Africa #intraafricatrade @GhanaMFA

Flextock has raised $12.6m in Series A funding to expand logistics infrastructure and platform capabilities across Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/flextoc… #flextock #ecommerce #trade #business #africa #digital #trade #logistics

AfCFTA & AGRA have signed a three-year Agriculture Trade Action Plan to reduce Africa’s food import bill & address non-tariff barriers in intra-African trade. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/afcfta-… #AGRA #food #trade #foodsecurity #Africa #agriculture @_AfricanUnion @AGRA_Africa

President Ruto is tying diplomacy to a wider intra-African trade agenda, urging deeper Kenya–Zambia cooperation alongside faster AfCFTA delivery. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/kenya-z… #Kenya #Zambia #trade #Africa #AfCFTA #intraAfricatrade #privatesector @willamsruto @AfCFTA

SA’s agricultural exports hit a record $15.1bn in 2025, even as US shipments weakened sharply in the second half of the year. The data points to a continued shift toward regional demand. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/south-a… #southafrica #africa #agriculture #Trade @AgbizSA

SA’s accession to Afreximbank & the launch of a US$8 billion country programme mark a significant step forward for intra-African trade & industrial financing. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/south-a… #SouthAfrica #Afreximbank #intraAfricantrade #trade @afreximbank @AfreximTrin

Afreximbank announces the first cohort of its accelerator programme, designed to scale startups building solutions for intra-African trade. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/afrexim… #Afreximbank #IntraAfricanTrade #AfricanTrade #TradeFinance #InvestmentInAfrica #StartupsAfrica

Nigeria is intensifying efforts to revive its cocoa sector through trade measures, climate-smart practices and policy support to attract investment and boost production. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/nigeria… #cocoa #nigeria #africa #trade #agriculture #climate #exports #business

Dodai is taking an infrastructure-first approach to e-mobility in Ethiopia, combining electric two- and three-wheelers with a growing battery-swapping network. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/dodai-m… #Dodai #EVs #electricvehicles #Ethiopia #Africa #batteries #infrastructure

Morocco and Senegal have agreed a new cooperation roadmap focused on industry, trade, and capacity building. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/morocco… #Morocco #Senegal #Africa #trade #industry #SMEs #investment #GulfAfricaReview @CGEM_MA @CIS_Senegal

Maersk’s new Express service between Italy and Tunisia is reshaping Europe–North Africa trade with a transit time of just over 2 days. Read the full article here: gulfafricareview.com/maersk-… #Maersk #MaerskExpress #Italy #NorthAfrica #Tunisia #Trade #Logistics @Maersk

At Davos, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made a clear case for value addition as a catalyst for stronger intra-African trade. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/okonjo-… #Davos #Africa #trade #intraafricantrade #WTO #OkonjoIweala #nigeria #textiles #WEF26 @wto @NOIweala

MAX’s raise signals rising investor appetite for scalable, infrastructure-backed electric mobility models in Africa. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/max-rai… #MAX #MAXNigeria #mobility #EVs #electricvehicles @maxdrive_ai

Libya signs $2.7bn strategic partnership to expand and develop the Misurata Free Zone, targeting higher port capacity and employment. Read more here: gulfafricareview.com/libya-s… #MisurataFreeZone #Libya #trade #investment #ports #MENA #MahaCapitalPartners #TerminalInvestmentLimited

BATSA’s planned end to local cigarette production underscores how illicit trade can reshape formal supply chains and investment decisions. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/batsa-t… #BATSA #IntraAfricanTrade #IllicitTrade #ManufacturingAfrica #TradePolicy #SupplyChains #AfricanMarkets

Afreximbank’s $64 million financing for Levene Energy’s acquisition of a 30% stake in Axxela is a strategic shift in Nigeria’s gas infrastructure market. Read more: gulfafricareview.com/afrexim… #gas #energy #Africa #Nigeria #LeveneEnergy @afreximbank @LeveneEnergy @AxxelaGroup