The old assumption - that industrialization is engineered within national borders - has expired. Africa's economic future will be shaped not by the walls that divide...
By Chike Ayodele Igwegbe The mass deportation of Africans from the United States is an undeniably complex and emotional issue. Yet, amidst the challenges, it presents...
By Ajay Wasserman Recent policy shifts under Donald Trump’s administration have unveiled a hard truth: Africa remains vulnerable to external political changes. From the reinstatement of...
By Ajay Wasserman Africa is no longer “the next big thing” – it has firmly established itself as the big thing. Over the past decade, the...
By Gregory Simpkins The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has long enjoyed bipartisan support, but partisan squabbles appear to have doomed its long-term extension during the...
By Paul Nantulya Africa-China relations in 2025 kicked off with a trip to the continent by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi from January 5-11. Since 1991,...
By Godfred Zina Military chiefs in some African countries have been replaced, but this trend may have far-reaching implications for the continent’s stability and governance. Recently, President...
By Danilo Desiderio Compared to other continents, Africa has a very limited and underdeveloped railway network. A paper published from Tralac in September 2023 noted that the majority...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
By Ryan Elcock During a recent conversation with my long-time colleague Len Carby, we discussed my article, “A Strategic Roadmap for the Caribbean: Maximizing Opportunities in...
By Gregory Simpkins In the latest episode of Real Talk Habari, the directors of The Habari Network—Oscar Sekyewa, Ryan Elcock, Emmanuel Musaazi, and Gregory Simpkins—dive deep...
By Mary Alorh The recent visit of U.S. President Joe Biden to Africa marked a significant step in the G7’s strategy to counter China’s growing influence...
The government of Rwanda has signed a strategic partnership with American comedian and television host Steve Harvey’s company, BILT LLC, to promote tourism and investment in...
By Ryan Elcock Donald Trump’s unexpected return to the White House for a second term has sent ripples across the globe. For the Caribbean, a region...
By Danilo Desiderio An article published on Bilaterals, a platform known for its critical stance on free trade agreements, particularly those involving nations with varying levels...
The Grenada Investment Development Corporation (GIDC) has reported a record-breaking year for foreign investment, with capital inflows reaching EC$488 million (US$180 million) in 2023 – a...
By Danilo Desiderio Control Risks and Oxford Economics Africa recently released the 2024 edition of the Africa Risk-Reward Index, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the...
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...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent report by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Institute analyzed the early trade experiences under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), emphasizing the importance...
By Charles Sekwalor For the last decade, Africa has tempted businesses with the promise of immense opportunity. The continent’s rapidly growing youthful population, vibrant cultural scenes...
Kenyan Wall Street | US Tech giant Microsoft Corporation, in collaboration with G42, an Emirati artificial intelligence (AI) development company, has announced a $1 billion investment...
The Exchange | Financial markets play a vital role in enhancing the smooth operation of economies by allocating resources and creating liquidity for businesses and entrepreneurs....
Addis Standard | Ethiopia’s economy is on track for robust 7.9% growth in the current fiscal year, according to Minister of Planning and Development Fitsum Assefa....
African Business | The CEO of Qatar Airways, Badr Mohammed Al Meer, said that the airline will soon announce an investment in a Southern African airline...
Uganda, recognized for its investment prowess, clinched the prestigious title of ‘Best Investment Destination in Africa’ in 2024, as announced by the Investment Authority. Evelyne Anite,...
By Chido Munyati This week, Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, and over 35 ministers from across Africa participated in...
By Paul Frimpong Modernization is a universal cause that affects all of humanity. There is no single paradigm or solution to modernization. The nature and rate...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Days ago, I wrote that West Asian states in the Gulf could gain a strategic advantage in the current great power struggle...
Caribbean National Weekly | The Caribbean island-nation of Grenada has marked a significant milestone in its Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program. In the span from January...
By Gregory Simpkins Investors, especially American investors, are overly cautious in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. They require extra assurance of the viability...
Landry Signé and Chido Munyati African logistics have struggled to cater to the continent’s growing population and dynamic private sector for far too long. New research...
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...
By Gregory Simpkins Two decades ago, The Economist magazine labeled Africa as hopeless. “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown (Sierra Leone) was remote and...
In the inaugural release of a report dubbed ‘Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook’ released on January 19, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group reported that “growth...
By Gregory Simpkins The Biden Administration has released its U.S.-Africa policy document, and it looks a lot like the previous ones issued by American Executive Branch...
By Dennis Matanda Washington, DC | As the past one hundred years have illustrated, when the United States puts its collective muscle to good use, socio-economic growth...
African Markets | The Kenyan shilling has for the first time crossed the Sh119 mark against the dollar, triggering costly imports and higher international debt repayments ahead of Tuesday’s general...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says investment flows to the region reached US$134 billion last year, up from US$88 billion in 2020....
By Weiwei Chen Common perceptions about Chinese engagement in Africa are that it is one-dimensional and sometimes biased. One common problem with this perception is the...
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Investment in African mega-projects was up 46 percent to US$326 billion in 2014, led by increases in investment in energy and power, according to Deloitte’s latest...
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The upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit is a knee-jerk reaction to the growing Chinese influence in Africa, according to Ugandan newspaper NewVision. The biggest U.S. investments in Africa and the...
In a surprise move, Information minister Jonathan Moyo said the government was in the process of reviewing indigenization laws, which compel foreign businesses to hand over...
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has indicated that it will be prioritiszing investments in West Africa going forward. PIC CEO, Elias Masilela stated, “We have broken...
Ethiopia on Tuesday received a $250 million dollar loan from the World Bank to finance the implementation of a competitiveness and job creation project in the...
The United States has committed itself to attracting investment and aiding several African countries in reducing their electricity deficit. “Power Africa is designed to catalyze new...
Rwanda’s finance minister said the country will soon allow derivatives trading on its stock exchange and a new investment code, which could offer tax breaks for...
f South African mobile operator group MTN plans to spend more than $3 billion to improve its network infrastructure in Nigeria, the Business Day newspaper has reported....
The Ethiopian government has welcomed the positive credit ratings the country got last week saying it will help it access international finance. Credit ratings agency Fitch...
Nigeria could attain investment-grade status if it undertakes reforms to its power and oil sectors that would help boost economic growth and per capita income, a...
The European Union is providing J$11.1 billion (US$44 million) to Jamaica for projects within the sugar industry, justice, community development initiatives and poverty reduction. Prime Minister...
Africa’s economic resurgence has been further boosted by over $68 billion in investment commitment following the just concluded World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which ended...
China and Angola plan to sign a range of agreements including in the fields of energy, finance and manufacturing, Premier Li Keqiang said after meeting President...
While Africa’s growth in mobile and internet access has been rising faster over the last decade than any other region of the world, the continent is...
Assmang, a metal company owned by Assore and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has signed a share subscription agreement to acquire 19.9 percent equity interest in Australia-based...
Aliko Dangote, CEO of the Dangote Group, believes that Africa needs to have strong institutions to combat corruption. Dangote advised, “One of the greatest obstacles apart...
Attracted by the prevailing low interest rates, cash-strapped African countries looking to borrow money on international private markets are increasingly turning to Eurobonds as the instrument...
The total revamping of the country’s railway network would contribute to accelerated economic growth, Mr. Joseph King-Edu, General Secretary of the Rail and Allied Workers Union,...
Following decades of political turmoil, Liberia has now set its sight on development and national recovery as evidenced by 10 years of unbroken peace. With peace...
Ivory Coast’s prime minister says his country is on track to reach double digit economic growth this year and become an emerging market by 2020. In...
Ethiopia’s leading private oil marketer plans to expand into neighboring east African economies and is interested in part financing a refinery after commercial discoveries in the...
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Africa are crying out not just for financing but also management and operational expertise to enable them to grow a regional...
South African economists have welcomed the announcement that Nigeria is now the biggest economy in Africa saying it is good news for the continent. This follows...
Private equity and venture capital is one asset class that is still grossly misunderstood in African economies. This is according to Michelle Essomé, CEO of African Private Equity and...
The Republic of Sierra Leone has conducted talks with Mubadala Development Company on investing in the country’s mining sector. “Mubadala is a potential strategic mining partner...
British companies are quite keen on investing in Zimbabwe, but a perceived lack of respect for property rights and an uncertain business environment remain drawbacks, a...
Over the past year, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has been studying how to be a businessman. He has met with executives at Twitter and...
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, has advised that his government is ready to partner with any investor who will assist the...
Nigeria’s First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group plans to invest $200 million in the country’s power sector as it seeks to support private investors in the...
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...
After the World Bank, it was now the African Development Bank’s turn to sit down at the table with the government to analyze the bank’s strategy...
Nigeria plans to introduce private investors into the transmission business of its power industry, according to prof Chinedu Nebo, the country’s Power Minister. During a chat...
Industrialist Manu Chandaria urged Kenyan businesses to venture into the Ethiopian market in order to reap big from one of the fastest growing economy globally. “Ethiopia...
The World Bank is likely to approve $73 million next week to fund an expansion of the Inga hydroelectric dam in Democratic Republic of Congo, a...
Kenya’s financial regulator has proposed a separate regulatory framework for Islamic financial institutions as part of a broad ten-year strategy designed to boost capital markets in...
Ethiopia and Uganda have overtaken Kenya as key investment destinations for global hotel chains scouting for opportunities in the region. The two nations feature on the...
The Turkish Kitchenware sector is working to increase its trade investment inflow in Ghana through partnerships with Ghanaian industrialists within the next five years. Currently, Turkish...
By Paul Frimpong DEAD AID: Why TRADE facilitation is necessary but not AID Indeed to realize the potential of Africa, there is the need to develop...
The Japanese government is investing just under US$107,000 (J$11 million) to resuscitate the local West Indian Sea Island Cotton industry, for which there is an annual...
Kenya Power said it planned to spend 86 billion shillings in the next three years to upgrade its electricity distribution network in order to keep up...
African oil and gas producer, Equatorial Guinea, said on Monday it would allocate $1 billion, over three years, to support foreign investment aimed at diversifying its...
By Bright Simons In May last year, China’s President Xi Jinping announced during a visit to Tanzania that the great Asian power shall be providing $20bn...
As companies develop new oil and gas fields in East Africa – from Mozambique in the south up to Tanzania, Kenya and Somalia – governments will...
(Bloomberg) – Zambia plans to establish a sovereign wealth fund to spur investment outside the mining industry of Africa’s biggest copper producer. The fund will be...
By Tony Elumelu (Reuters) – To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that...
(HaitiLibre) – To connect potential investors directly with Haiti’s private sector, the Haiti Renewal Alliance’s 5th Business Investment Expo and Conference will expand to Port au...
Oil rig in Uganda. PHOTO/Tullow Oil Uganda finally took the first baby steps towards oil production with the assigning of a production licence to the China...
In the week of September 16, various African governments and their business executives made presentations to various Washington, DC audiences. These 5 days were presentation galore!...
While South Africa remains the most attractive corporate investment destination in Africa, Nigeria is nipping at its heels and may overtake it as soon as next...
Grenada joins St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda and Dominica in what is becoming an increasing trend of Caribbean countries offering citizenship in exchange for...
Net remittances to Jamaica by Jamaicans abroad. IMAGE/Bank of Jamaica In a bid to kick start Jamaica’s economy, the island-nation is actively wooing its citizens living...
(PRNewswire) – The role of Africa’s leading women-such as Diezani Alison-Madueke, Mamphele Ramphele and others, is steadily growing across the continent. The fact that Africa is...
The recently elected Keith Mitchell administration has outlined plans for the construction of a new economy that will spur economic growth and development in Grenada. The...
U.S. President Barack Obama delivering the State of The Union Address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington., Feb 12, 2013. PHOTO/Charles...
What is behind IBM’s pro-Africa focus? Africa is a key part of IBM’s geo-expansion strategy. Africa, China, India and Brazil are all fast-growing economies and, as...
Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 28, 2012 (PRNewswire) — The emerging cogeneration market is proving to be an asset in Africa where access to power is...
“There is no template for doing business in Africa. One can also clearly not base one’s investment decisions on data from a spreadsheet.” So says professional...
Africans at Work. PHOTO/Volkswagen South Africa Africa’s recent robust growth is sustainable and the continent can attract even more investors if it plays its cards well,...
At a two day international conference on the financial services sector in St. John’s, Antigua, a leading international expert has urged Caribbean nations to stand their...
(Caribbean Journal) – Antigua & Barbuda has begun a series of consultations on a proposed Citizenship by Investment programme in the country. The first of four...
Jamaica is looking to implement a bill that would create a new tax exemption to promote foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, help stimulate the...
Eric-Vincent Guichard – founder of Homestrings An online platform that helps investors to find investment opportunities in Africa is widening its pool of potential clients. The...
Africa is growing, and it is become an increasingly popular belief that now is the time to invest on the continent. Here are five note-worthy trends...
Dangote cement’ Obajana plant. PHOTO/File As American and European companies retrench from their efforts to bankroll projects across Africa, a group of investors is quickly emerging...
Haiti Prime Minister.,Laurent Lamothe. PHOTO/File Haiti lawmakers have approved President Michel Martelly’s choice for a new prime minister, ending a two-month impasse that had hampered the...
Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon, (l), and Haiti’s President Michel Martelly. PHOTO/AP Looking to boost ties between Haiti and Mexico, Presidents Michel Martelly and Felipe Calderon held...
Zimbabwe has set sights on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging world economic powerhouses as a source of trade and...
(Reuters) – Namibia’s trade and industry minister is giving Walmart’s takeover of Massmart Holdings approval, provided it does not lead to job losses within the first...
Electricity pylons in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. PHOTO/Elias Mbao/Africa Review U.S. companies are looking to invest in projects to boost electricity in Africa, which has long been...
A Denver-based medical investment company will open a hospital in Barbados in 2013 that it expects to be a center of medical tourism and an attractive...
A Parliamentary Committee has been set up to examine the proposals that are supposed to take effect next January.
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Audrey Marks, has charged the membership of the American Chamber of Commerce of Jamaica (AmCham) to seize the window of...
