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From Youth Dividend to Economic Powerhouse: Building Africa’s Skilled Workforce

A young technician in Kigali repairs solar equipment powering homes in rural communities. In Lagos, a software developer builds digital solutions for businesses across continents. In Nairobi, a vocational trainee.

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The Evidence Gap: How Stronger Data Can Accelerate Africa’s Progress

A government builds schools in communities where fewer children now live. A hospital is constructed based on population estimates that are years out of date. A poverty-reduction programme targets households.

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Cities First: How BRICS Financing Could Revive South Africa’s Urban Economy

When taps run dry, traffic lights fail, sewage spills into communities, and electricity distribution networks break down, the consequences extend far beyond inconvenience. Businesses lose productivity, investors lose confidence, and.

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Africa’s Economic Turning Point: Converting Demographic Growth into Prosperity

Africa stands at a defining economic crossroads. Across the continent, governments are grappling with mounting debt burdens, inflationary pressures, volatile commodity markets, geopolitical uncertainty, and declining development assistance. Yet amid.

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Green Gold: How Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Are Transforming Africa

Africa stands at the centre of one of the most consequential economic transitions of the twenty-first century. As the global economy shifts towards cleaner energy systems, sustainable industrialisation, and climate-resilient.

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Ports, Prosperity and Progress: Senegal’s Vision for West African Trade Leadership

As competition intensifies among Africa’s leading trade gateways, Senegal is making a bold bid to become the Atlantic hub of West African commerce. At the center of this ambition is.

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Tracks to Prosperity: The SGR Project Powering East and Central Africa

Tanzania is undertaking one of Africa’s most transformative infrastructure projects through the development of its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a modern electrified rail network that is redefining transportation, trade, and.

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Why Abidjan Is Becoming West Africa’s Most Dynamic City

Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d’Ivoire, is undergoing one of the most ambitious urban transformations in Africa. Long recognised as a major commercial centre, the city is now evolving.

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The New Trade Corridors: How AfCFTA Is Transforming Africa’s Trade and Transport Networks

Trade agreements can lower tariffs and open markets, but real economic integration depends on something far more practical: the efficient movement of goods, services, and capital. Products must cross borders.

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Lobito Corridor: The New Silk Road of Africa

As the global competition for critical minerals intensifies, a historic railway stretching from Africa’s mineral-rich interior to the Atlantic Ocean is being transformed into one of the continent’s most important.

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