Algeria

Algeria is Africa’s largest country by area and a major natural gas exporter with significant leverage in European energy markets. Africaspoint covers Algeria’s energy sector, economic diversification efforts, foreign policy, and the investment environment of a nation managing the transition from hydrocarbons to a broader industrial base.

Algeria and Niger restore ties, clearing the way for the $13 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline to break ground

Algeria and Niger have restored diplomatic relations, clearing the path for construction to begin on the trans-Saharan gas pipeline, a…

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…

South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…