Africa

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

Momentum doubles down on Southern Africa

Momentum Group is concentrating its Africa investment in Southern Africa, selling its Ghana and Zambia operations to double down on…

Ghana rescues 500 child trafficking victims

Ghana's IJM has rescued more than 500 child trafficking victims since 2015, with 235 arrests and 70 convictions. The decade…

Africa’s skills gap: 12 million in, 3 million jobs

The World Bank warned in Accra that 1.2 billion young people will enter developing-country labour markets over the next decade,…

Africa’s $2bn spy cameras serve governments, not citizens

Eleven African governments have spent at least $2 billion on AI surveillance cameras and facial recognition systems supplied mostly by…

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…

From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…