Geopolitics

African geopolitics: trade agreements, regional security, international partnerships, diplomatic developments, and geopolitical shifts affecting African business and investment.

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent crude crashing from a peak…

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected cost of R600 million ahead…

Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi warned at an Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration briefing on June 14 that private citizens…

China embeds deeper in Africa’s ports

China holds stakes in roughly one-third of African ports, has invested $50 billion in port infrastructure since 2013, and accounts…

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

Kenya revives $1.2bn JKIA expansion

Kenya has appointed the Trade and Development Bank and Africa Finance Corporation to arrange $1.2…