By Michele Moscaritoli Nigeria’s slowdown is a reminder that regional growth figures can flatter to deceive – and that smart investors build structure, not just exposure....
By Danilo Desiderio The persistent shortfall in domestic savings represents one of the most binding structural constraints on Africa’s long-term growth and economic transformation. Sub-Saharan Africa...
By Daki Nkanyane There is a quiet truth we rarely confront honestly: no continent can rise higher than the inner world of its people. Empires, economies,...
By Des H Rikhotso While Western investors obsess over basis points in saturated markets, a more compelling story is unfolding across Africa. The continent is not...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi Africa accounts for less than 3 percent of global trade – a figure so persistently low it defies mere coincidence. Conventional wisdom...
By John Kourkoutas As European businesses recalibrate their global strategies amid slowing domestic growth and geopolitical uncertainty, a quiet revolution is unfolding across Africa – one...
By Ajay Wasserman While global investors funnel billions into Asia and Latin America, one continent remains conspicuously overlooked – despite housing 17 percent of the world’s...
By Dishant Shah Africa is emerging as the next big investment hotspot, and the numbers are starting to tell an undeniable story. In 2024 alone, foreign...
A Shopper in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO/Panos /Mikkel Ostergaard Not too long ago, Africa was derisively referred to as the “dark continent” by many in the developed...
Net growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Souce/World Development Indicators 2011 Africa still receives less than 5 percent of foreign investment inflows and it seems that the African...