By Danilo Desiderio In fragile geopolitical environments such as Sub-Saharan Africa – marked by territorial conflicts, road banditry, terrorist attacks, and inter-ethnic and inter-tribal clashes –...
By Danilo Desiderio As the new year begins, it is customary to examine growth estimates for various regions around the world in the months ahead. This...
By Danilo Desiderio Compared to other continents, Africa has a very limited and underdeveloped railway network. A paper published from Tralac in September 2023 noted that the majority...
By Godfred Zina Despite Africa’s economy rising to $2.8 trillion in 2024, there continue to be economic disparities among the 54 African countries, including South Sudan. With...
By Danilo Desiderio A recurring theme in discussions on the high cost of transport in Africa, particularly within economic literature, is the lack of infrastructure and the...
By Mary Alorh The recent visit of U.S. President Joe Biden to Africa marked a significant step in the G7’s strategy to counter China’s growing influence...
Late last week, Uganda launched a significant US$3 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project that will connect the country to the Kenyan border, with the potential...
By Godfred Zina The military junta in Burkina Faso has faced criticism regarding issues of democracy, freedom of speech, violence, and authoritarian governance. However, it is...
By MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Joubert Van Eeden In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Over the past thirty years, Africa has made remarkable strides in various areas of development and nation-building. The skylines of capital cities...
By Danilo Desiderio As the global appetite for luxury tourism continues to grow, many African countries are striving to tap into this profitable market by offering...
By Danilo Desiderio Control Risks and Oxford Economics Africa recently released the 2024 edition of the Africa Risk-Reward Index, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the...
By Danilo Desiderio A recent report by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Institute analyzed the early trade experiences under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), emphasizing the importance...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), in partnership with the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), has approved up to US$200 million in funding for the...
By Emmanuel Musaazi Before China’s economic involvement in Africa, the continent’s development trends were influenced by various factors but primarily colonial legacies where African economies were...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Years ago, I read a report highlighting how South Korea’s economy experienced significant growth through infrastructure development, contributing about 3 percent to...
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Monday that his administration is currently in negotiations with Zimbabwean authorities to extend the Machipanda railway into Botswana. The Machipanda...
Bloomberg | Thelo Group’s management plans to buy Deutsche Bahn AG’s 49 percent shareholding and is in talks with financiers to raise US$250 million to help...
For over a decade, Nigeria has struggled to significantly boost its national grid, adding just 760 megawatts (MW) over 11 years. In a striking comparison, the...
Bloomberg | Nigeria is planning to set up a US$10 billion diaspora fund to attract investment from its citizens living abroad to support critical sectors including...
The Guyana government Friday said it would participate in a regional ferry service that would link the country with Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. “Yesterday, Trinidad...
By Lauren Johnston In a year when headlines have been dominated by conflict in Europe and the Middle East, and geo-economic tensions between China and the...
By Gregory Simpkins Djibouti is viewed as a small country on the northeastern edge of the African continent. It is little known globally despite its advantageous...
Bloomberg | Angolan President João Lourenço on Friday opened a long-delayed international airport outside the capital Luanda, with passenger flights scheduled to begin in early 2024....
By Paul Frimpong Over the last decades, China has been at the forefront of championing multiple global initiatives, including the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global...
By Sameem Gaffar In today’s world, the rapid growth of urban populations is putting immense strain on cities and their infrastructure. As more people flock to...
Reuters | Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the creation of a new infrastructure fund, part of a series of measures to boost the economy...
Energy Capital & Power| The meetings saw Mohamed bin Twar discuss investment opportunities between Qatar and Uganda with Minister Abu Bakr that will serve to encourage Qatari...
By Gregory Simpkins Two decades ago, The Economist magazine labeled Africa as hopeless. “At the start of the 19th century, Freetown (Sierra Leone) was remote and...
By XN Iraki In the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness, took center stage. The Kenya Kwanza team led by...
Xinhua | Like many senior U.S. officials who have visited Africa, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen did not fail to target China and raise concerns about...
By Leah Lynch Yesterday the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) released their eagerly awaited International Development Strategy. It has been an agonizing wait; the...
Reuters | Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she...
Bloomberg | Nigerian lawmakers have passed a constitutional reform bill that will allow state government’s supply electricity in Africa’s most populous country, breaking the monopoly of...
By Weiwei Chen Common perceptions about Chinese engagement in Africa are that it is one-dimensional and sometimes biased. One common problem with this perception is the...
The trains will ease traffic in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital
By Allan Olingo Two years ago, at a breakfast in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, hosted by Kenya-based Equity Bank, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said his country...
A Chinese state-owned engineering company has signed a deal worth $4.3bn (£2.8bn) to build factories for a Nigerian cement company run by Africa’s richest man, Aliko...
Pre-revenue testing of the Addis Ababa light rail transit was launched on Monday February 2. The ceremony, which inaugurated the system – the first of its...
By Wang Xiangjiang In recent years, the West has conjured up fantastic theories like “neocolonialism”, “China is exploiting Africa’s resources,” etc., effectively throwing mud at China...
The upcoming U.S.-Africa Summit is a knee-jerk reaction to the growing Chinese influence in Africa, according to Ugandan newspaper NewVision. The biggest U.S. investments in Africa and the...
Africa is “taking off” with strong, steady growth but poverty is unacceptably high so that governments need to build infrastructure and institutions and educate people to...
Gauteng Premier, David Makhura believes that the province’s rapid urbanization needs to be understood before any issues can be dealt with. With 97 percent of its...
The World Bank will offer $1 billion in financing to help Angola rebuild infrastructure and develop its agriculture, an official at the Washington-based lender said on...
African countries south of the Sahara are poised to enjoy a surge in growth in their banking and trade systems in the upcoming decades. According to...
The African Development Bank is stepping up plans to finance power and rail projects as China boosts lending on the continent by half. The Tunis-based lender is...
The managers of Ethiopian Airlines have an ambitious expansion plan to be implemented by 2025 that involves more training and new infrastructure. Currently, Ethiopian Airlines is...
f South African mobile operator group MTN plans to spend more than $3 billion to improve its network infrastructure in Nigeria, the Business Day newspaper has reported....
Uganda on Thursday said it wanted to borrow $145 million from the World Bank to revamp infrastructure in the Albertine region where it discovered commercial oil...
Africa needs to improve its regional and national deficits before it can increase investment from outside the continent. David Humphrey, head of power and infrastructure at...
Ethiopia has received a $380 million World Bank loan to help improve the capacity of its urban councils through expansion of infrastructure and services. The board...
Post 2002 Angola has seen a rapid growth in the country’s GDP which has impacted a positive growth on the banking sector. “In the end of...
While Africa’s growth in mobile and internet access has been rising faster over the last decade than any other region of the world, the continent is...
Angola’s main port installed new cranes and provided more training to reduce its cargo unloading time by 80 percent as the government reviews a plan to...
The race is on between Kenya and Uganda to become East Africa’s first commercial oil producer. Both countries plan to start oil production within the next...
Angola remains a key economic performer in the continent despite a change in its global rating. “We first put Angola on a positive outlook way back...
While African governments and development partners are investing more in roads and rails infrastructure much more needs to be done for any meaningful socioeconomic impact to...
South African economists have welcomed the announcement that Nigeria is now the biggest economy in Africa saying it is good news for the continent. This follows...
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will release the country’s rebased GDP calculations proposed for September 2013, on Sunday. The West African country, which is currently...
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said African leaders should prioritize the structural transformation of African economy if they must achieve regional industrialization initiative. Jonathan said this...
Côte d’Ivoire awarded 294 billion CFA francs ($617.87 million) worth of public procurement, nearly 43 percent last year’s total by value, via no-bid contracts according to...
Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya expects east Africa’s burgeoning middle class to drive growth in 2014 after it recorded a 16 percent rise in 2013 pretax...
Co-operative Bank of Kenya reported on Wednesday a 9 percent rise in pre-tax profit for 2013 and said it expected better growth this year thanks to...
As the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, the country’s struggle, led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and supported by the working masses, inspired countries across...
The world’s top mobile infrastructure supplier, Ericsson, is betting that the fast-growing African mobile broadband market will remain dominated by 3G services over the next years...
Telecom operators should share infrastructure to speed up development of the industry and suppress the cost of data according Dr. Bitange Ndemo, the honorary chairperson for...
Global chains, direct flights and a state-of-the-art conference centre will bring yet more visitors to a capital in demand. Rwanda’s drive to become one of East...
By Tony Elumelu (Reuters) – To Africa’s many challenges, add one more: unemployment. Unemployment, independent of any other factor, threatens to derail the economic promise that...
By Carlos Lopes Africa’s political economy is deeply ingrained with its history of the exploitation and (mis)-management of its mineral and natural resources. More than 500...
(Reuters) – Uganda has agreed to a plan to build a pipeline from its oilfields to a new port being developed on Kenya’s northern coast, Uganda’s...
By Kate Douglas Infrastructure development in Kenya: Nairobi-Thika -Road. PHOTO/File “This growing infrastructure demand presents a critical challenge for Africa as the continent seeks to compete...
The development of sustainable urban infrastructure is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century. Professional services firm KPMG recently released its latest Infrastructure 100:...
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African...
