Africa

Pan-African business news covering all 54 nations. Continental trade, AfCFTA developments, multi-country investment, and business intelligence spanning the entire African continent.

Africa’s AI moment is now

Africa holds less than 1% of global AI compute capacity, 3% of global AI talent, and 2.5% of global AI…

Mahama pitches Ghana’s AfCFTA gateway to Korea

Ghana's President John Mahama held bilateral talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on March 11, positioning Ghana as…

Kenya and Rwanda open up fintech borders

The Central Bank of Kenya and the National Bank of Rwanda have signed an MoU to create a Licence Passporting…

South Africa’s record year pulls Europe

South Africa welcomed a record 10.5 million international visitors in 2025 and used ITB Berlin 2026, the world's largest travel…

Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN

President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave…

China VP arrives as Kenya-China ties deepen

Chinese Vice President Han Zheng arrived in Kenya on March 22 for talks with Deputy…

Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line

President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…

Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.

Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…