By Michele Moscaritoli Africa’s investment landscape tells a story of striking contradictions. Extractive industries – mining, oil, gas, and the minerals powering the global energy transition...
The US$91 billion that moves quietly across continents each year dwarfs the headlines given to IMF programs and World Bank loans - and it comes with...
By Ziad Hamoui Multilateral Development Banks now account for more than half of Africa’s net financial flows – a 124 percent increase that is fueling one...
The continent's investment gap is real - but capital is not what is missing.
When the world said no, Ethiopia said: watch us.
Africa's Eurobond surge is more than a balance-sheet problem. It is a structural challenge to sovereign economic decision-making - and the continent's thinkers are demanding a...
By Ajay Wasserman The debt markets are sending a clear message – and this time, African economies are listening carefully. The bond market is speaking. For...
By Victory Azimih The first three parts of this series established a doctrine – spare in language but weighty in implication. Infrastructure builds capacity. Industry builds...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly The numbers tell a peculiar story. Africa’s projected debt-to-GDP ratio stands at 60.8 percent for 2026 – a figure that would be...
By Farhia Noor The continent’s partnerships with emerging powers demand scrutiny, not celebration. I am African. I read. I observe. I listen. I reflect. My elders...
By Ziad Hamoui The African Export-Import Bank’s recent decision to sever ties with Fitch Ratings signals more than a routine disagreement over financial assessment. It exposes...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa’s investment challenge has never been about the absence of opportunity. Nor, contrary to popular perception, has it primarily been about the availability...
By Michele Moscaritoli For decades, Africa occupied a singular role in the global imagination: the perpetual recipient. Aid packages, charitable donations, development programs – always framed...
By Kingsley Moghalu A striking statistic from The Africa Report crystallizes the continent’s fiscal crisis: many of Africa’s poorest countries now spend more on debt service...
By Lailla Mutajogera If Europe hasn’t delivered the returns you were chasing, it may be time to redirect your attention to West Africa – not impulsively...
By Jastine Martine The true measure of a continent’s economic potential lies not in what it has built, but in what it enables. Africa stands at...
By John Kourkoutas Africa is no longer a frontier market – it’s a battleground for global economic influence. And while European and American businesses continue to...
By Dishant Shah Africa is rich – not just in natural resources, but in talent, innovation, and ambition. Yet, year after year, the continent quietly hemorrhages...
By Danilo Desiderio The Group of Twenty (G20) stands as one of the world’s most influential multilateral forums, comprising 19 leading economies – Argentina, Australia, Brazil,...
In December, the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announced the appointment of Barbadian Daniel Best as the institution’s seventh president. This appointment...
