By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business Daily
Illustrative image · Gustavo Fring · Pexels · Licence PexelsMedical inflation in Kenya is expected to reach 13%, 7.1 percentage points higher than the general inflation forecast of 5.9%, according to Business Daily Africa. The increase points to health costs rising faster than the cost of living, which could also push up medical insurance premiums.
Germany has announced more than 39 million euros, or around 25.6 billion CFA francs, to fund new projects in Togo. The package includes 27 million euros in financial cooperation and 12 million in technical cooperation in agriculture, energy, health, training and local authorities, according to 24 Heure Info.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
Russian companies are expected to take part in constructing the 4,000-kilometre Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline linking Nigeria, Niger and Algeria. Work reportedly began in June, with commissioning scheduled for 2030, according to the Zambian Observer.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Zambian Observer ·
Annual inflation in Kenya reached 7.3% in October 2026, up from 6.8% in September, driven by rising food, transport and fuel prices. Potato, diesel and cabbage prices rose particularly sharply, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Citizen Digital ·
Nigeria’s pension funds have more than 31.8 trillion naira in assets, but inflation and currency depreciation are reducing their real value. At a forum organised by Parthian Pensions, professionals called for coverage to be extended to informal workers and for retirees’ incomes to be improved, according to Business Day Nigeria.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Source: Business Day Nigeria ·
Kenyan domestic worker dies after collapsing in Saudi ArabiaJoy, a Kenyan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia, died after collapsing while playing football with her employer’s child; doctors reportedly suggested a heart attack. Her friend Ruth Kerubo recounts their last conversation, held a few hours before her death, according to Tuko.
Washington plans to remove Rwanda and South Africa from AGOADonald Trump wants to remove Rwanda and South Africa from AGOA, the US programme granting trade preferences to sub-Saharan African countries, from 1 January 2027. The US administration believes the two governments no longer meet the programme’s eligibility criteria, according to Ambassador Jamieson Greer.The week in Africa
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