Governance

African governance and policy news: elections, regulatory decisions, government-business relationships, institutional reforms, and policy developments that move markets.

COMESA Opens Antitrust Probe into Meta Over WhatsApp AI Exclusion Across 21 African Markets

Africa's most powerful regional competition authority has launched a formal antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms, targeting a policy change that…

Kenya Airports Authority Shuts Down Adani Comeback Talk as JKIA Tender Goes Public

Kenya Airports Authority has flatly denied reports that the Adani Group has been quietly re-engaged on the JKIA modernisation project,…

Nigeria’s Airports Just Went Cashless. The First-Day Chaos Was the Point.

FAAN's Go Cashless policy went live at Lagos and Abuja airports on March 1, replacing cash toll payments with a…

Ghana’s E-Visa Is Now Nine Months Late and Still Coming by December 2026

Ghana's e-visa was promised for Q1 2026. It is now March, the quarter is almost gone, and the US Ambassador…

Amnesty backs Ghana’s slavery resolution

IN SHORT: Amnesty International has welcomed the UN General Assembly's adoption of Ghana's resolution declaring…

UN passes Ghana’s slavery resolution 123-3

IN SHORT: The UN General Assembly has adopted Ghana's resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade…

Kenya and US deepen defence partnership

IN SHORT: Kenya and the US are deepening defence ties across counterterrorism, maritime security, and…

Nigeria pulls $6.44bn in Q4 capital inflows

IN SHORT: Nigeria attracted $6.44 billion in capital inflows in Q4 2025, up 26.6% year-on-year…