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25 stories on the Trade & Mobility desk in the last 30 days (25 this week). Latest: Ethiopian Airlines signs agreement with Boeing for 777-8F, 777F freighters to expand cargo fleet. Updated 1 October 2026.

Latest raise: Ethiopian Airlines signs agreement with Boeing for 777-8F, 777F freighters to expand cargo fleet →

• Ethiopian Airlines signs agreement with Boeing for 777-8F, 777F freighters to expand cargo fleet ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• AIIM Consortium reaches financial close on 15-year Gautrain concession ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Top Ships Inc. Announces Closing of the Acquisition of three High Specification Newbuilding MR Tankers ↗

  1 October 2026 · raise card

• Copia Kenya raised $123 million and left behind assets worth $1.6 million ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s $300 billion wealth empire eyes new trade corridors stretching into Africa ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• Certo Aerospace Secures £5M to Drive Capstone Heavy-Lift Drone Toward Production ↗

  2 October 2026 · raise card

• inDrive Wins Mobility Company of the Decade Award in Nigeria ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Nearly three years after completion, Angola’s $3.8 billion mega airport sits largely idle ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Three mega-projects backed by Dangote, Turkish investors put $40bn behind East Africa’s Indian Ocean trade ambitions ↗

  28 September 2026 · raise card

• Tesla secures $30 billion credit package to fund Cybercab, Optimus, and Semi scaling ↗

  30 September 2026 · raise card

• Nigerian startup GoLemon shuts down, 33 jobs affected ↗

  30 July 2026 · raise card

• Ethiopia's $12.5 billion airport has become the latest investment battleground between the U.S. and China in Africa ↗

  30 July 2026 · raise card

• Africa’s third-richest man is spending $85 million to expand Nigeria’s ports for BUA’s next growth phase ↗

  1 August 2026 · raise card

• Revoy Raises $27 Million to Turn Old Diesel Trucks Into Hybrids ↗

  31 July 2026 · raise card

• Same region that rejected Africa’s most ambitious energy project valued at $20 billion from the world’s wealthiest black man signs $7 billion DP World port deal ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• UAC Nigeria to sell 43% stake in DP World Logistics to TGI Group ↗

  25 September 2026 · raise card

• The real lesson of Uber’s departure from Nigeria ↗

  24 September 2026 · raise card

• SA’s HisWay Labs Secures Octoco Investment To Expand Rail Monitoring Technology Globally ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Spiro Secures Additional USD 18 M Debt To Expand Electric Mobility In Africa ↗

  23 September 2026 · raise card

• Zimbabwe secures funding for over $65 million border upgrade with Zambia to ease delays on vital copperbelt trade route ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• American aerospace company that shut down and was later acquired delivers its new 480B turbine aircraft to Africa, its first delivery in years ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Zipline’s deal with Côte d’Ivoire will scale AI health logistics to 10 hubs, 12 million people ↗

  22 September 2026 · raise card

• Spiro Secures $18M More from Africa Go Green Fund, Doubling Debt to $36M ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• EV startup Spiro lands additional $18M debt facility from Africa Go Green Fund ↗

  21 September 2026 · raise card

• River Mobility Raises $120 Million To Scale India’s Utility EV Market ↗

  5 August 2026 · raise card