What looks like rising prosperity is often fragile aspiration - and the continent cannot afford to confuse the two.
The real barriers to African commerce have never been tariffs. They are the invisible frictions that strangle trade before goods ever reach a buyer. That may...
By John Kourkoutas While businesses plan for tomorrow’s Africa, they are overlooking today’s megacities. The narrative surrounding African urbanization suffers from a dangerous misconception: that it...
By Dishant Shah Viral videos of bare retail shelves across African cities tell a deceptively simple story. But these fleeting social media moments capture something far...
By Des H Rikhotso The narrative surrounding Africa has shifted dramatically in recent years, and for good reason. While other regions grapple with aging populations and...
By Victory Azimih For much of the past half-century, analysts speculated about when Africa would “rise.” That question is now obsolete. The real issue is how...
By Danilo Desiderio Ethiopia’s reported 8.1 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the 2023/24 fiscal year might seem like a triumph – and on paper,...
By Farouk Mark Mukiibi When global investors, brands, and policymakers talk about Africa’s rising middle class, they often lean on familiar metrics: income brackets, consumer spending,...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is no longer a frontier market whispered about in boardrooms – it is a dynamic, data-backed investment powerhouse ready for the global...
By Dishant Shah Expanding into Africa may feel like navigating uncharted territory – but for businesses willing to invest time and insight, it represents one of...
By Gregory Simpkins With the Trump administration’s effort to curtail foreign aid, ostensibly due to concerns about corruption and misdirection of funds, US relations with the...
By Gregory Simpkins In the late 1800s, European nations consolidated their colonization of Africa at an 1885 conference in Berlin to ensure that each colonial power...
African middle class family in Lusaka, Zambia. PHOTO/Georgina Smith/The Guardian “African consumers want the same as consumers elsewhere – a mobile phone…“ Consumption of goods and...
