Geopolitics

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

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AfricaBusiness

Kenya’s $4bn railway breaks free of China

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya has restarted construction of the SGR extension stalled since 2019, raising up to $4bn through revenue securitisation rather than…

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AfricaBusiness

South Africa turns to Dangote for fuel

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Africaspoint Editorial

South Africa has lost half its refining capacity and gets 75% of its fuel from the Middle East. With the…

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DRC and South Africa revive $10bn Inga 3 dam

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Africaspoint Editorial

The DRC and South Africa have revived bilateral talks on the Inga 3 hydropower project, the next phase of the…

GeopoliticsGovernance

Bolloré faces corruption trial over Togo port

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Africaspoint Editorial

French billionaire Vincent Bolloré faces a December 2026 criminal trial over allegations that his group bribed West African presidents through…

Africa Finance Corporation AFC $2 billion record syndicated loan infrastructure 2026Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026

AFC closes record $2bn syndicated loan

Africa Finance Corporation raised a record $2 billion syndicated loan on June 4, upsized from…

Africa clean energy solar power investment boom 2026Cape Town Salt River Market affordable housing Communicare 970 units 2026

Salt River Market transformed into 970 homes

Cape Town's Salt River Market site was formally handed to developer Communicare on June 8…

Admaius Capital Virunga II $500 million Africa private equity IFC 2026Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026

Rwanda locks in $250m IMF credit facility

The IMF Executive Board approved Rwanda's $250 million, 38-month Extended Credit Facility on June 9,…

Dangote refinery 700000 barrels day capacity expansion 1.4 million 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

Nigeria’s trade surplus triples to N7.55tn

Nigeria's Q1 2026 merchandise trade surplus surged 341% to N7.55 trillion ($4.1 billion) from N1.71…

Africa Political RiskBola Tinubu

Nigeria and UK sign three migration MoUs

Africa decolonisation justiceBelgium Congo relations

Belgium to try a man for killing Lumumba

Africa Political RiskBotswana investment

Uganda freezes civil society accounts again

Africa digital rightsAfrica Social Media Regulation

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

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