A quiet revolution in cooling infrastructure is underway in the heart of Africa - and the world should be paying attention.
By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...
By Dishant Shah The dominance of finished goods in African markets isn’t about capability – it’s about cold economic calculation. Local manufacturing across Africa isn’t failing...
By Gregory Simpkins In recent weeks, the island of Greenland has become a hot international topic. It has been at the top of the agenda for...
By Ziad Hamoui Ghana’s president is right to call current trade arrangements neo-colonial. But diagnosis without execution changes nothing. Ghana produces the cocoa. Switzerland pockets US$130...
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 John Dale For decades, Africa’s agricultural challenges have provided fodder for countless panel discussions, media interviews, and development conferences. The narrative is familiar: inadequate infrastructure,...
By Kelly Mua Kingsly Africa proclaims the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as the world’s largest free-trade zone, spanning 1.4 billion people across 54 countries...
By Davida Ademuyiwa For more than a century, the physical architecture of the African economy was not designed for African prosperity. It was engineered for export...
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 Nii Simmonds and Ayodele Okeowo The recent announcement of a partnership between the US Trade and Development Agency and Kenya to boost semiconductor manufacturing in...
By James Boafo, Eric Stemn, Jacob Obodai and Philip Nti Nkrumah Global demand for critical minerals, particularly lithium, is growing rapidly to meet clean energy and...
