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Africa critical minerals map 2026
Africa holds a disproportionate share of the world’s critical minerals including cobalt, lithium, copper, platinum, gold, bauxite and niobium. This guide maps Africa’s critical minerals by country, covering reserves,…
Best countries to invest in Africa 2026
The best African countries to invest and do business in 2026 ranked by governance quality, business environment, growth trajectory and sector…
Largest companies in Africa 2026
Africa’s largest companies by market capitalisation in 2026 span mining, telecoms, financial services, retail and oil refining. This guide covers…
Ghana hits 7.7% growth, fastest since debt crisis ended
Ghana’s economy grew 7.7% in February 2026, nearly double the 3.9% rate a year earlier, with industry leading at 9.6% growth driven by mining and…
$31bn in deals: what Africa got from the Nairobi summit
Forty companies committed $31.5 billion across 30 projects at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, led by TotalEnergies with $10 billion by 2030,…
Africa is the world’s new shipping hub
The Hormuz closure and Red Sea insecurity have converted Africa’s coastline into the world’s primary shipping corridor, with Tanger Med, Mombasa,…
Africa’s food supply under threat: AU acts
The African Union convened a Joint Extraordinary STC on fertiliser market disruption and food system risk from the Hormuz conflict for May 20-22,…
Richest people in Africa 2026
Africa’s wealthiest individuals in 2026 span oil refining, mining, telecoms, retail and financial services. This is the definitive guide to the…
Africa CEO Forum opens in Kigali: scale or fail
The 13th Africa CEO Forum opened in Kigali on May 14 with 2,800 delegates, six heads of state and the theme “Scale or Fail: Why Africa Must Embrace…
Top African fintech companies 2026
Africa’s top fintech companies in 2026 span payments, lending, digital banking, insurance technology and open banking infrastructure. From…
Biggest Africa infrastructure projects 2026
Africa’s biggest infrastructure projects in 2026 span a $20 billion oil refinery, a transcontinental railway, deepwater ports, hydroelectric dams…
Fastest growing cities in Africa 2026
Africa’s fastest growing cities in 2026 combine population expansion, infrastructure investment and economic diversification. From Kigali to Lagos…
Africa’s DJ economy: Black Coffee leads $60m music empire
Black Coffee has built a $60 million empire from DJing, Grammy-winning production, tech equity and catalogue ownership. He is the anchor of an…
Airbus hails Ethiopian Airlines as Africa’s aviation blueprint
Airbus’s Africa director publicly praised Ethiopian Airlines as the definitive continental aviation success story at the Africa Forward Summit week,…
Africa CEO Forum opens May 14 in Kigali
The 13th Africa CEO Forum opens in Kigali on May 14 and 15, 2026 with over 2,500 private and public sector leaders, directly following the Africa…
Dangote bets $1bn on Zimbabwe’s industrial recovery
Dangote Group announced a minimum $1 billion investment in Zimbabwe covering a gas pipeline, power generation plant and cement facility, one of the…
Shiprazor raises $2.65m to fix Africa e-commerce logistics
Cape Town logistics startup Shiprazor raised $2.65 million in seed funding, bringing total capital to $3.3 million, to expand its e-commerce…
Africa startup funding hits $600m as exits double
Africa’s startup ecosystem raised $600 million in Q1 2026, up 27% year on year, with exits doubling and debt overtaking equity as the dominant…