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1. Ghana: Ghana's Kente Protection Opens New Economic Possibilities

   [Bird Story Agency] Ghana's geographical indication for kente could help weavers protect the celebrated cloth from imitation, reach new markets and earn more from generations of skill. Turning legal recognition into livelihoods will require collective standards, business support and the revival of local raw-material production.

2. Benin: How Benin Is Turning Its Cotton Wealth Into An Industrial Economy

   [Bird Story Agency] Benin is using its position as West Africa's largest cotton producer to pursue a bigger economic prize: processing more of what it grows at home. At the Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ), cotton is being turned into fabrics and garments, creating jobs and retaining value that previously left the country with the trade of raw fibres. Its progress offers an emerging model for industrialisation for the continent.

3. Africa: Africa Brought Deals to Washington - The Test is Whether the Money Moves

   [African Business] Washington, DC -- The inaugural Africa Business Investment Summit saw a target of $500m of structured commitments, a royal keynote and an unusually candid accounting of why capital still hesitates.

4. South Africa: Thabo Bester Trial Postponed Again, This Time to 2027

   [Scrolla] The plea and trial of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana has been postponed to 19 April 2027. Bester's legal team has raised concerns about prison conditions and his access to a laptop to prepare his defence.

5. Kenya: Police Deployed As Nairobi Traders Protest Increased Taxes On Imports

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Police have been deployed around the Archives, Luthuli Avenue and Railways Roundabout in Nairobi's central business district as traders prepare to march to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) offices in protest against a revised customs valuation benchmark.