For years, West Africa has been trying to solve an electricity problem that no country can realistically solve alone. About 8 per cent of[…]

Aliko Dangote is betting billions on a refinery that could change the way Africa’s fuel business works. The Nigerian billionaire’s Dangote Industries has unveiled[…]

It is the famous poem by Ethiopia’s Poet Laureate, Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin, that has lately come to represent the ideals of the Nile. In the[…]

The Kano State Government is committing billions of naira to rehabilitate treatment plants, upgrade pumping infrastructure and build new dams. Yet in communities such[…]

Terra Industries, an African defence-tech firm, is expanding its manufacturing footprint as demand for homegrown security solutions grows across the continent. With $52 million[…]

Despite Kenya commanding some of the highest coffee prices in the world, most of the country’s smallholder farmers still struggle to make ends meet.[…]

Across East Africa, countries are engaged in a new race – building modern airports. One of the most ambitious projects is in Ethiopia, where[…]

Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah spent a week in China in July 2026 seeking to deepen ties with the partner her government believes can help[…]

Kenya officially launched the European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Strategy, setting out a clear roadmap to convert preferential trade access into tangible[…]

Across West Africa, flooding is no longer just an environmental crisis, it is becoming a growing business risk. As climate change worsens, the overflow[…]

Copper and cobalt pulled from the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia’s Copperbelt have for decades travelled east or south to[…]

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Kenya’s tourism sector hard, halving the number of both foreign and domestic travellers. According to the Tourism Research[…]

Ethiopia stands to benefit significantly from Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, as his investments in the Horn of Africa nation have now surpassed $4[…]

For decades, Algeria’s economy has largely depended on oil and gas exports. But today, the largest country in Africa is looking beyond energy exports.[…]

Over time, Africa’s telecom sector has faced mounting pressure from surging data consumption, frequent fiber cuts, infrastructure vandalism, and complaints about service quality, prompting[…]

During the 2026 Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, a simple diplomatic gesture turned into an unexpected debate. Kenyan President William Ruto, French President Emmanuel[…]

When Ghana declared 2019 the “Year of Return,” it was framed as both a symbolic and economic project, an invitation to the global African[…]

In the early hours of 14 April 2026, a Russian drone struck the LADY MARIS, a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier navigating Ukraine’s Black Sea maritime[…]

Residents of Geriley, in Wajir, will for the first time in almost 30 years access clean and reliable water supply following the launch of[…]

When the International Monetary Fund announced plans to mobilize between $20 billion and $50 billion to support countries struggling with the economic fallout from[…]