Geopolitics

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

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AfricaBusiness

South Africa braces for June 30

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Africaspoint Editorial

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

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AfricaBusiness

Stop checking passports, SA minister warns

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Africaspoint Editorial

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

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AfricaBusiness

China embeds deeper in Africa’s ports

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Africaspoint Editorial

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

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AfricaBusiness

Tanzania and Singapore strike first partnership

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Africaspoint Editorial

Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam made the first-ever state visit by a Singaporean head of state to Tanzania on June 9,…

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Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

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Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

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EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

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Berbera’s rise reshapes East Africa trade

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Ghana AgriConnect World Bank IFAD IFC 2.6 million jobs agriculture 2026Ghana FDI $2.61 billion GIPC 2025 investment China petroleum

Ghana-Jamaica pact ends two-decade silence

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Tanzania finally breaks its Moscow silence

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Ethiopian Airlines confirmed a global competitor

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