Geopolitics
African geopolitics: trade agreements, regional security, international partnerships, diplomatic developments, and geopolitical shifts affecting African business and investment.
Middle East war sends crude buyers rushing to Africa
The Strait of Hormuz closure is driving global buyers toward Nigerian and Angolan crude as Brent tops $100, but Nigeria's…
Somalia sits on $8.5trn in oil. Drilling starts now.
Turkey's drillship Cagri Bey arrived in Somali waters on April 6, beginning Somalia's first-ever offshore oil drilling campaign targeting an…
Congo stops losing half its mining revenue
DRC is deploying cobalt export quotas, advance royalties, digital weighing infrastructure, and a new mineral analysis lab as it moves…
Amnesty backs Ghana’s UN slavery resolution
IN SHORT: Amnesty International has welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of Ghana's resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the…
Newsletter
South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives
Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…
US-Iran truce sends oil crashing
A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…
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…