By Lailla Mutajogera The most important investment opportunity of the next decade is not in artificial intelligence, not in green energy, and not in the next...
A diversified economy, integrated value chains, and regional dominance make East Africa's powerhouse impossible to ignore.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is not a nation waiting to be discovered. It is one already doing the heavy lifting - for the world's...
By Ajay Wasserman One of the most persistently misunderstood realities of building companies in Africa is that opportunity is rarely the binding constraint. Across the continent,...
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 Kelly Mua Kingsly Before the latest escalation in the Middle East, the baseline forecasts looked manageable, if uneven. Global average food inflation was projected at...
By Kingsely Moghalu Even before the rapid, ongoing reconfiguration of global order, Africa was always mostly on the menu – not at the table. That African...
By Dishant Shah The continent’s youth bulge is not a development story. It is a structural macro-investment thesis – and the window to act is narrowing....
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 Dishant Shah Most conversations about Africa begin the same way. Someone leans across a boardroom table and asks: “Is it safe?” Another follows with: “Can...
By Gregory September The IMF’s 2026 global growth projections tell a story of seismic economic shifts – and one African nation’s quiet but consequential arrival. When...
By Ajay Wasserman South Africa’s official unemployment rate has declined. On the surface, that is cause for cautious optimism. According to Statistics South Africa, the latest...
By Michele Moscaritoli Africa’s largest economy offers unmatched opportunity – but investors are waiting for the fog to clear. Nigeria should dominate every emerging-market investment ranking....
By John Kourkoutas A cartographic revelation exposes the fundamental flaw in how businesses approach the continent’s 1.4 billion consumers. For decades, multinational corporations and investors have...
By Des H Rikhotso As major economies decelerate, the continent’s structural transformation is rewriting the global growth narrative. The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections reveal...
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 John Kourkoutas The question isn’t whether Africa represents opportunity – with 1.4 billion consumers and GDP growth rates consistently outpacing developed markets, that debate is...
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 Lailla Mutajogera Africa’s investment landscape presents a compelling paradox. While Ethiopia surges ahead with breakneck growth rates, South Africa offers the continent’s most sophisticated economy....
By Lance Chisue Only a few weeks into 2026, and the signals are already unmistakable. Tariffs, geopolitical fragmentation, and friendshoring are forcing companies to fundamentally rethink...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Global recession anxieties persist. European growth stagnates. Western markets have reached saturation. Yet amid this economic malaise, Africa is demonstrating what resilient...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly When Saudi Arabia threw open the doors of the Tadawul – the kingdom’s US$3 trillion stock exchange – to all foreign investors...
By Dishant Shah A global consumer goods giant recently withdrew from Nigeria after years of mounting losses. The business press quickly labeled it “another failure in...
By Lailla Mutajogera As returns compress across mature Asian markets, East Africa offers investors a compelling alternative: markets where fundamentals are improving faster than asset prices....
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 John Kourkoutas The chasm between corporate ambition and African market reality is littered with failed strategies that never survived contact with the ground. Corporate boardrooms...
By John Kourkoutas Goldman Sachs projects Nigeria to be the world’s sixth-largest economy by 2075. Yet, in 2025, countless European companies still won’t respond to emails...
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 Dr. Princess C. Mutisya If you only skimmed the headlines this week, you might conclude that Africa’s story is defined by a single thread: diplomatic...
By Des H. Rikhotso Africa’s fintech revolution is no longer a story of isolated outliers – it’s increasingly a tale of dynamic urban hubs driving continent-wide...
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 Mark-Anthony Johnson Despite home to nearly 18 percent of the world’s population and some of its fastest-growing economies, Africa is projected to contribute less than...
By Martin Mpukani After years marred by debt distress, energy shortages, and climate shocks, Zambia is emerging as one of Africa’s most compelling turnaround stories. The...
By Des H. Rikhotso In boardrooms from London to Singapore, Africa is often discussed in binaries: risk versus reward, chaos versus opportunity, poverty versus potential. Yet...
By Des H. Rikhotso From 2008 to 2022, Africa defied monolithic narratives. While the continent is often painted with a single brush – either as a...
By John Kourkoutas When people hear I built a thriving export advisory business focused on African markets, they often say, “You were just lucky.” “Right place,...
By Ajay Wasserman By 2025, the combined market capitalization of Africa’s stock exchanges is projected to surpass US$1.42 trillion, with annual trading volumes exceeding US$343.7 billion....
By Dr. Princess C. Mutisya While global markets fixated on oil volatility and U.S. monetary policy last week, Kenya executed a move that may well mark...
By Davida Ademuyiwa Africa is not lacking in ideas – it is overflowing with them. From bustling Lagos markets to remote villages in the Sahel, ingenuity...
By John Kourkoutas There’s a now-iconic image making the rounds online: a portable power adapter duct-taped to a flip-flop sandal. To many, it’s a punchline –...
By John Kourkoutas If you want to glimpse the future of global business, forget the stock tickers and quarterly earnings reports for a moment. Instead, look...
By John Kourkoutas A single map can sometimes speak louder than a thousand market reports. The 2024 global GDP growth visualization does just that – revealing...
By Ajay Wasserman In a remarkable display of economic momentum, the Lusaka Securities Exchange (LuSE) has emerged as the world’s best-performing stock market for August, outpacing...
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 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 Lailla Mutajogera When I speak with investors about Africa, I hear the same six questions – again and again. They reflect a deep curiosity, but...
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 Des H Rikhotso Africa is rapidly becoming a hotspot for global business expansion, home to 10 of the world’s fastest-growing economies. According to 2025–2026 projections,...
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 Mary Alorh The global stage is undergoing a seismic shift, ushering in a multipolar world order that offers nations an unprecedented array of choices. Gone...
By Jean Claude Niyomugabo Emerging markets, particularly Africa, offer vast potential for climate tech solutions, especially in the areas of off-grid energy, sustainable agriculture, and water...
By Mary Alorh Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to accelerate to 4 percent by 2025-26. As the fastest-growing and youngest continent, Africa’s relatively stable economic...
African Business| Whenever I meet clients and investors, the one discussion I always end up having, regardless of market conditions, is on currency markets. There are...
Emerging markets measurements have outperformed major developed world indices so far this year, according to leading investment research firm, FE Analytics. Based on their assessments from...
Demand for frontier markets funds has been growing of late as institutional investors seek better returns than from emerging markets funds, which, while safer, have been...
Sub-Saharan Africa attracted 1.6 billion US dollars of private equity investment in 2013, the highest in five years. The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) noted...
Three United Bank For Africa (UBA) subsidiaries, UBA Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Senegal have emerged World’s Best Emerging Market Banks in Africa, according to the Global...
Emerging markets (EM) are struggling to finance their economies now that global capital is heading back to the United States, where the gradual ending of cheap...
Larry Seruma, founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nile Capital Management LLC (Business Wire) — Nile Capital Management LLC is proud to announce that its flagship...
In the last decade, Africa has experienced an unprecedented influx of private equity investments. The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) estimates that private equity investments...
