Africa’s richest man is boosting his investment in an Ethiopian fertilizer complex to over $4 billion, making the country the second-largest recipient of investments from the Dangote Group.

Equity Group Holdings Plc is raising efforts to double its regional footprint and quadruple customer numbers as East Africa’s biggest bank looks to tap opportunities in major infrastructural investments.

Public transport operators in several major Kenyan towns began a strike on Monday to protest soaring fuel costs, after diesel prices jumped 50% since the start of the war in Iran.

India’s oil refiners are expected to weather disruption in supply after the US allowed its waiver on Russian crude purchases to expire, thanks to weaker demand and available barrels from the US and the Middle East.

AstraZeneca Plc’s new hypertension pill won US Food and Drug Administration approval in a boost for the drugmaker that’s seeking to garner more than $5 billion in annual sales from the medicine.

UBS Group AG has lost several senior wealth management bankers in the Middle East less than two years after hiring them, indicating the intense level of competition for talent in the region.

China’s solar cell exports remained resilient in April, defying expectations that the removal of tax rebates would damp overseas demand for the country’s clean tech products.

Ryanair Holdings Plc warned of rising costs this year if unhedged jet fuel prices remain at current levels, as the budget carrier faces higher bills for fuel, crew and aircraft maintenance.

Ebola is one of the deadliest diseases on Earth. With a fatality rate as high as 90%, it’s among a handful of illnesses so dangerous that governments consider them threats to national security.

Four liquefied natural gas tankers that until recently serviced Oman’s export plant are beginning to load fuel from a US-sanctioned Russian project, the latest sign of Moscow’s efforts to boost shipments and skirt Western restrictions.

Plunging crude imports forced Chinese oil processors to sharply reduce output last month, with runs in the state-owned sector dropping to multiyear lows.

A rare Ebola outbreak that may have circulated undetected in northeastern Congo for several weeks is exposing the difficulty of detecting deadly viruses in regions where malaria, typhoid and other fever-causing illnesses are common and health systems are stretched thin.

A Brazilian judge ordered Sigma Mineração SA, an operating subsidiary of Sigma Lithium Corp., to deposit 50 million reais ($9.9 million) with a court in the next 10 days to ensure it covers alleged damages linked to the company’s Grota do Cirilo lithium operation.

Long Island commuters are poised to battle congested roads and packed buses as a workers’ strike threatens to disrupt travel in and out of New York City unless negotiators can strike a deal.

Standard Chartered Plc picked Manus Costello to be its new chief financial officer, ending a monthslong search to replace Diego De Giorgi.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is escalating its response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, after the World Health Organization labeled the outbreak a public health emergency.

NextEra Energy Inc. is discussing a mostly stock deal for Dominion Energy Inc. that would value the company at about $76 per share, or around $66 billion, making it by far the largest power deal on record, according to people familiar with the matter.

France won’t rule out an exceptional tax on TotalEnergies SE even though the government prefers sticking to a fuel-price cap for now, according to Budget Minister David Amiel.

Prudential PLC agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Bharti Life Insurance Company for an initial cash consideration of 35 billion rupees ($365 million), a deal that would allow the UK-based insurer to tap into India’s vast uninsured middle class looking for financial security and wealth creation.