Geopolitics

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

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AfricaEgypt

Nigeria’s gas is finally heading to Europe

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Africaspoint Editorial

After fifty years of studies, MoUs, and false starts, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline has a technical team on the ground…

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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…

AfricaGeopolitics

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…

BHCPF NigeriaBola Tinubu

Nigeria health sector records major gains

IN SHORT: Nigeria's health minister Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate says the sector is recording significant…

Africa digital infrastructureNamibia

Namibia rejects Starlink licence application

IN SHORT: Namibia's communications regulator CRAN has formally rejected Starlink's application for both a telecommunications…

Africa women entrepreneurshipGhana women finance

Stanbic launches women’s banking in Ghana

IN SHORT: Stanbic Bank Ghana has launched Obaa Sima, a dedicated women's banking proposition targeting…

Africa reparationsGhana UN resolution slavery

Ghana makes UN history on slavery

IN SHORT: Ghana tabled a resolution at the UN today declaring the transatlantic slave trade…

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

Africa FintechBola Tinubu

Nigeria at Windsor: deals, not charity

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