Africa

Copper supercycle, $6B Jwaneng underground, BWP basket peg, 1.5GW solar pipeline: how foreign equipment suppliers win Botswana RFQs in 2026.

How foreign suppliers win Botswana's diamond procurement: mine equipment, XRT sorting, Sarine beneficiation, BWP basket-pegged LCs, Debswana SAP Ariba.

How foreign suppliers win industrial procurement in Cape Verde, an upper-middle-income archipelago with the Escudo pegged at 110.265 to the Euro since 1998.

Central African Republic procurement: XAF euro-peg via BEAC, $282M Corridor 13 road works, $113M PARSE solar, $121M PREDIRE water, post-embargo diamonds.

Sierra Leone procurement guide for foreign suppliers: 4.4% GDP growth, USD 750M Bumbuna II, USD 180M WASH programme, MACCEM cement plant.

How foreign equipment vendors win Botswana's copper and cobalt procurement: Kalahari Copper Belt mines, FX and LC mechanics, tender platforms, and where to enter.

Foreign-supplier guide to Chad: CEMAC EUR-pegged XAF, Doba upstream operator turnover, AfDB solar wave, Cotontchad gins, and Douala corridor lead times.

Selling industrial equipment into Comoros: EUR-pegged KMF, the USD 245M maritime corridor, ylang-ylang and clove value chains, RFQ mechanics.

How foreign suppliers can read Ethiopia's industrial procurement market in 2026: FX reform, industrial parks, sector capex, and how RFQs actually flow.

Guinea-Bissau's WAEMU EUR-peg base, cashew-led exports, Saltinho hydropower capex, and the foreign-supplier RFQ playbook in a small Lusophone Tier-5 market.

Iron ore expansion at Buchanan, rubber and palm oil capex, dual LRD-USD economy, and Mt. Coffee returning to 88 MW. How foreign suppliers win Liberian RFQs.

How foreign equipment vendors win Namibia's critical minerals procurement: uranium #3 global, lithium, REE, copper, zinc, diamonds, plus FX and LC mechanics.

Procurement landscape into Benin: 7.5% GDP growth in 2024, 9.7% industrial expansion, GDIZ vertical-integration story, Cotonou Port modernisation, and XOF/EUR peg FX mechanics for foreign suppliers.

Coffee, tea, the Tanzania-Burundi SGR, Jiji hydropower, and the Musongati nickel exclusivity. How foreign suppliers actually win RFQs into Burundi.

Gabon's USD 21B economy runs 50% on industry. How foreign suppliers win RFQs into Comilog Moanda, Belinga, Cap Lopez LNG, Setrag, and the Nkok SEZ.

ArcelorMittal Liberia Phase 2 and the Ivanhoe Atlantic Liberty Corridor anchor a USD 4-6B iron-ore capex wave. Here is how foreign suppliers actually win.

Sao Tome and Principe industrial procurement: euro-pegged dobra at 24.5 STN/EUR, JDZ oil exploration, cocoa renaissance, AfDB ETREEP solar tender window.

Eritrea's mining-led economy, Bisha and Colluli mega-mines, Massawa-Assab port logistics, and a fixed Nakfa shape every RFQ a foreign supplier sees.

How foreign suppliers procure into the Democratic Republic of the Congo: copper-cobalt belt RFQs, Lobito Corridor logistics, Inga 3 USD 1B program, FX and LC mechanics.

Somalia procurement guide for foreign suppliers: USD-native trade, Berbera $442M expansion, $970M livestock exports, port reconstruction, RFQ mechanics.

Firestone Harbel runs the world's largest contiguous natural rubber estate. Here is how foreign equipment vendors actually win procurement into Liberia's rubber sector in 2026.

Mozambique LNG restarting at 40% completion, Coral North FID closed, Mphanda Nkuwa hydropower moving. How foreign equipment suppliers win RFQs into Mozambique in 2026.

South Sudan's oil-led procurement market: 157,000 bpd output, the Bashayer pipeline restart, and FX rules for foreign industrial suppliers.

Sudan procurement guide: gold sector USD 1.6B revenue, agro-export FX channels, AfDB USD 62M infrastructure pipeline, and reconstruction-phase RFQ outlook for suppliers.

EqG's contracting hydrocarbon economy, CEMAC EUR-peg LCs, methanol-to-refinery capex and Bata-Malabo port modernisation, mapped for foreign suppliers.

Mauritius runs a ~USD 15B GDP with AAA-style FX, English contracting, and a 60% renewables target by 2030. Procurement guide for foreign suppliers.

260+ auto component firms exporting $2.5B, ELMED $932M HVDC to Italy, 1.7GW solar pipeline, and a $430M World Bank power overhaul. How foreign suppliers win RFQs in Tunisia.

Foreign suppliers selling into Zimbabwe in 2026: 7.5% GDP growth, the Manhize steel plant, lithium capex, FX mechanics, and how RFQs move.

Niger procurement guide for foreign suppliers: uranium re-tender, 110,000 bpd CNPC pipeline, WAEMU EUR-peg via XOF, AfDB-backed solar and fibre capex.

The Gambia procurement landscape: anglophone West Africa, Port of Banjul concession, GMD float at 71.87 to USD, fisheries and groundnut capex, RFQ playbook for foreign suppliers.

Mauritius financial services contributed 13.4% of GDP in 2024. How foreign data-centre, HSM, UPS, and BPO equipment vendors win MCB, SBM, FSC, and Emtel RFQs.

How foreign suppliers sell into Congo-Brazzaville: Eni LNG, Mbalam iron ore, Kola potash, CEMAC EUR-peg FX, LC mechanics, and 2026 capex windows.

How foreign suppliers win procurement into Seychelles fisheries: equipment categories, FX and LC mechanics, IOT, Port Victoria, and where to enter.

Mali's gold-led, lithium-rising procurement market, WAEMU EUR-peg via XOF, CMDT cotton, foreign-supplier playbook for landlocked Sahel buyers.

How foreign suppliers procure into Seychelles: tuna canning, port redevelopment, marine renewables, hospitality capex, and the floating SCR for industrial imports.

Burkina Faso runs a gold-led industrial base with a EUR-pegged CFA franc. Here is how foreign suppliers approach RFQs across mining, energy, cement and cotton.

Mauritius produced 225,547 tonnes of sugar in 2024 across three mill groups. How foreign cane-mill, refinery, cogen and distillery equipment vendors win RFQs from Alteo, Omnicane and Agriterra.

How foreign suppliers win Lesotho diamond procurement: mine equipment at 3,100 m, DMS plants, XRT sorting, Loti-ZAR FX, Letseng and Liqhobong RFQ access.

Ambatovy Ni-Co, QMM ilmenite, world #1 vanilla, the Toliara mineral-sands FS, MGA mechanics, and how foreign suppliers actually win RFQs into Madagascar.

Cameroon procurement guide: CEMAC EUR peg via XAF, Kribi deep-sea port, Nachtigal 420 MW hydro, SONARA refinery rebuild, cocoa grind at 109,431 tons.

SZL pegged 1:1 to ZAR, USD 1B+ MNWAP water programme, RSSC and Ubombo sugar mills, Africa's largest Coca-Cola concentrate plant: Eswatini procurement decoded.

Polihali Dam at 65m height, Letseng and Liqhobong diamond cycles, post-AGOA pivot, loti pegged 1:1 to rand: how foreign suppliers win Lesotho RFQs in 2026.

How foreign suppliers win RFQs in Rwanda: a USD 14B economy with 8.9% growth, 21% manufacturing share, and active capex in mining, cement, and pharma.

How foreign suppliers win procurement in Djibouti's ports and logistics sector: equipment categories, FX mechanics, and a USD peg fixed at 177.721 since 1973.

Investor and supplier guide to Eswatini's $5.2B manufacturing economy: SEZ tax holidays, AGOA apparel, CMA rand peg, Matsapha clusters, and procurement workflow.

Procurement landscape into Guinea: GDP 5.7% in 2024, 73% of global seaborne bauxite, Simandou first shipment Dec 2025, and GNF FX mechanics for foreign suppliers.

Procurement landscape for foreign suppliers selling into Djibouti: a USD-pegged FX regime since 1973, 1.2M TEU port throughput, and a USD 3.8B Damerjog buildout.

Kenya's GDP hit $120.3B in 2024, FX has been a clean float since 1993, and tenders flow through tenders.go.ke. How foreign suppliers win Kenyan RFQs.

How foreign suppliers win procurement in Libya's oil and gas upstream sector. NOC capex sits at USD 3 to 4 billion short term and oil production targets 1.6 Mbpd.

A $14B reconstruction fund, $3-4B annual NOC capex, $7B GMMR Phase 5, and a 6 GW power buildout. How foreign suppliers actually win RFQs into Libya.

Devki Steel's billion-dollar Athi River mill anchors Kenya's metal sector. How foreign equipment vendors win EAF, rolling, coating, and fabrication RFQs.

Procurement guide to Malawi's critical minerals build-out: Kasiya rutile, Songwe Hill and Kangankunde REE, Kayelekera uranium, plus FX, LC, and tender mechanics.

How foreign suppliers procure into Malawi: 358.5 MW Mpatamanga hydro, three rare-earth flowsheets, FX mechanics, LCs, and the buyers behind every active RFQ.

GDP USD 53.91B, first oil targeted late 2026, EACOP 1,443 km in advanced build. How foreign suppliers win Ugandan RFQs via PPDA and PAU's NSD.

How foreign suppliers win procurement into Mauritania's iron ore corridor: SNIM's 24 Mt/yr target, the 704 km Zouerate to Nouadhibou rail, FX, LCs, and where to enter.

How foreign suppliers procure into Mauritania: SNIM's $467M rail expansion, GTA LNG at 2.4 mtpa, AMAN 30 GW hydrogen, FX and LC mechanics.

Tilenga 190k bpd, Kingfisher 40k bpd, EACOP 1,443 km: how foreign upstream vendors win Uganda's Albertine Graben procurement pipeline through 2030.

What a sterile injectable filling line costs in Nigeria: line scope, isolator vs RABS, the lyophilizer add-on, and cleanroom and qualification budget.

Foreign-supplier guide to Togo's petrochemicals and fertiliser procurement: phosphate beneficiation at Kpémé, NPK and urea distribution, port-fed regional re-export, XOF/EUR mechanics.

Zambia drew USD 6.7B FDI in 2024, Africa's largest jump. How foreign suppliers win RFQs into Sentinel, Lumwana, Mopani, KCM, and the Lobito Corridor.

Procurement landscape into Togo: GDP 6.3% in 2025, Port of Lomé at 30.64 Mt traffic, PIA Adétikopé tenants, and XOF/EUR peg FX mechanics for industrial suppliers.

ZFL's USD 250M Ndola ammonia-urea complex, NCZ Kafue refit, and FISP bagging demand: how foreign vendors get on Zambian fertiliser bid lists.

Sonatrach capex, the SDEM desalination programme, Tosyali Algerie ramp-up, and a 15 GW solar pipeline. How foreign suppliers actually win RFQs into Algeria.

Nigeria still imports nearly all of its active ingredients. Here is how to import API synthesis reactors, clear customs, and structure FX and LC payment.

Sonatrach is directing about USD 9 billion to petrochemicals inside its USD 50 billion plan. How foreign equipment vendors get on the Algerian bid list.

Nigeria now makes about 50% of its medicines and NAFDAC's 2D DataMatrix rule is live. Here is how to win blister packaging line RFQs from local pharma.

Cocoa #1 globally, the ENI Baleine offshore ramp, and the XOF hard-pegged to the euro at 655.957: how foreign suppliers win RFQs into Cote d'Ivoire.

Barry Callebaut, Cargill, ofi, Cemoi: how foreign vendors win Cote d'Ivoire's ~900kt cocoa grinding and ~250kt cashew processing capex pipeline.

Sonangol, the Lobito Corridor, three new refineries, and AOA managed-float mechanics. How foreign equipment suppliers actually win RFQs in Angola in 2026.

Lobito 200k bpd, Cabinda 60k bpd, Soyo 100k bpd: how foreign refinery, LNG, and marine-terminal vendors actually win Angola's downstream RFQs.

Nigeria still imports about 60% of its medicines and is building local plants fast. Here is where the equipment RFQs sit for foreign pharma suppliers.