Africa’s minerals are not the problem. Weak governance is
The global green transition relies heavily on Sub-Saharan Africa’s $16tn mineral bounty. Without urgent institutional…
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Royal Air Maroc defends itself, as Nigeria threatens to suspend flights over customer service
Long-running disputes over lost bags, stranded travellers and unheeded fines culminate in the strongest regulatory…
Read at source →DRC: How Kinshasa’s diplomatic manoeuvres score points against Rwanda
With no progress on implementation of the Washington Peace Accords, Kinshasa has sent a high-ranking diplomat to Europe…
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Join siguimi.com →Africa Corps convoy circumvents sanctions in hazardous new route to Mali
A convoy of Russian armoured vehicles taking the route between Lomé and Bamako, passing through Burkina Faso, shows…
Read at source →AfCFTA chief Wamkele Mene: ‘Africa cannot prosper while it remains fragmented’
With 50 countries signed up but intra-African trade still stuck at about 15%, Mene says lower barriers, cheaper…
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Dangote Refinery invites private investors in $2.5bn pre-IPO landmark
The record-breaking primary placement brings external capital into the Nigerian mega-complex for the first time, paving…
Read at source →US industry lobbies for South Africa and Ethiopia to stay in crucial trade deal
Fearing supply chain disruption and lost export markets, US trade associations demand a truce on political sanctions…
Read at source →10 things about Birame Diop, the incoming ECOWAS commission president
The Senegalese general, who takes up the role on 1 September, is a strategic pick for President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,…
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Kenya’s Ruto-Kindiki dilemma: Escalating pressure to drop his deputy
A high-stakes by-election defeat for the ruling party in the Mt Kenya region has ignited debate on whether President…
Read at source →From aid campaigner to Africa minister: Can Kirsty McNeill rebuild Britain’s standing on the continent?
The former Save the Children executive spent more than two decades pushing Britain to lead on global development from…
Read at source →Kola Karim’s $200m Afreximbank deal signals a new era for African engineering
Shoreline Energy’s financing for its Italian subsidiary in Algeria proves continental capital and European expertise…
Read at source →Ethiopia: Armed attacks in East Arsi and the need for immediate attention
Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world with a rich history of resilience and cultural diversity, which has…
Read at source →Macron’s France-South Africa business council stalls after list row
Membership lists rewritten by South Africa’s vice-president, Paul Mashatile, a French co-chair on pause and a…
Read at source →From ‘beggar’ to winner: 10 things about Sammy Kamau, Kenya’s newest MP
Kenya’s Mt Kenya Ol Kalou by-election upset, as constituents voted in underdog Sammy Kamau, has caused President…
Read at source →Pastors in politics: How evangelicals are crossing the line in Côte d’Ivoire
MPs turned pastors, town councillors, presidential candidates: Ivorian evangelicalism is putting down roots on the…
Read at source →Banks raid Safaricom as corporate deals in Kenya trigger talent war
A surge in mega-buyouts across East Africa is triggering an intense war for executive talent as corporate giants…
Read at source →Nigeria: Who inherited Ike Ekweremadu’s political machine in Enugu?
Four years after his London arrest, Ike Ekweremadu’s political apparatus no longer operates as a unified bloc. With…
Read at source →Angola sentences Russian operatives over election meddling and economic sabotage
Convictions for espionage and terrorism come as Luanda pivots towards Western infrastructure backing ahead of tightly…
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Arsenal out, Aston Villa in: Can football still rebrand Rwanda?
Kigali’s $27m (£20m) front-of-shirt deal with Aston Villa keeps its Premier League strategy alive. But as the spotlight…
Read at source →Trevor Manuel: Dismantling ‘rigged’ debt and reimagining African economics
Free from corporate boards and state office, Trevor Manuel is channelling his post-retirement energy into confronting…
Read at source →ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies… Oil giants in Nigeria make billion-dollar deepwater bets
International oil majors are pivoting back to Nigeria’s deep offshore, drawn by a revamped regulatory framework, new…
Read at source →Frannie Leautier: A global vision and a human touch
A former vice-president of the African Development Bank who spent time at the World Bank before joining the merchant…
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Why Africa remains on the sidelines of the world’s M&A boom
While mergers and acquisitions deals are surging worldwide, African private equity has sunk to its lowest level in four…
Read at source →EU blacklist: 20 years of pressure on African airlines
Two decades after it was set up, the European Union’s ‘blacklist’ has reshaped African aviation from top to bottom.…
Read at source →US cotton exports: Trump-proof solution or poison pill for AGOA?
The ‘America First’ push to replace Chinese-made fabrics presents a challenge and an opportunity for Africa’s textile…
Read at source →Africa’s pension funds have the money. Can PIDG make it investable?
After a $26m exit from Nigeria’s InfraCredit, Philippe Valahu plans to help build as many as 10 guarantee platforms by…
Read at source →Kenya’s Treasury to take over KQ debt ahead of long-awaited equity investors
Kenya’s National Treasury is preparing to absorb and restructure Kenya Airways’ debt to clear the way for a $1.5bn…
Read at source →UK-Africa: ‘The relationship has to be mutually beneficial’ – Ben Ainsley
Amidst greater African demands for sovereignty, the United Kingdom is building on its strengths to stand out from the…
Read at source →Donald Kaberuka: From Rwandan refugee to architect of development finance
From Kigali to Tunis, this Rwandan has shaped the continent’s economy over three decades. A portrait of a pragmatist…
Read at source →Miatta Fahnbulleh: The Liberian refugee now leading Britain’s energy future
Born in Monrovia and forced to flee Liberia’s civil war as a child, Miatta Fahnbulleh went from refugee to rising…
Read at source →Mobile money in West Africa: Wave shakes Orange in bid for WAEMU top spot
Wave is now nipping at Orange Money’s heels on every key metric in the West African CFA franc zone. Behind the price…
Read at source →Nigeria 2027: Opposition takes its battle against Tinubu to Washington
Makinde’s UN appeal and Atiku’s lobbying push revive a tactic used by the APC before its 2015 victory. But Tinubu is…
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