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ADIPEC 2025: Industry calls for policy pragmatism, embrace of AI, capital investment, and infrastructure development to drive global progress

Press Release   • ADIPEC 2025 kicks off in Abu Dhabi with a powerful message from Dr. Sultan Al Jaber for a balanced and inclusive approach to meeting energy demand,.

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From Aid to Investment: Africa’s Defining Economic Shift in RMB’s 2025/26 Outlook

Africa’s growth story is being rewritten, not through aid dependency, but through investment, trade, and self-determination. The newly released Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) “Where to Invest in Africa 2025/26” (WTIIA).

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How Africa and China Are Transforming Global Development Models Together

Africa’s voice in shaping the global economy is growing louder, and China is listening. From zero-tariff trade to green technology transfers, the deepening partnership between China and Africa signals not.

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Nigeria Inflation Drops to 18 Percent, Lowest in Three Years

For the first time in three years, Nigeria’s headline inflation has slipped below the 20 per cent mark, a moment many economists see as both a symbolic and structural turning.

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What Nigeria’s New FSO Vessel Means for Oil Exports and Revenues

When nations envisage greater control over their oil value chain, they often shift midstream or downstream to reassert sovereignty and reduce external vulnerabilities. Nigeria’s commissioning of FSO Cawthorne, its first.

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What the COMESA Digital Payments System Means for African Trade

In the architecture of global trade, currencies are more than mere denominations; they are the lubricants and friction points of exchange. For decades, much of intra-African and regional trade has.

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Ivory Coast’s Cocoa Price Hike Sets New Standard for African Producers

Ivory Coast, one of the major suppliers of nearly half the world’s cocoa beans, has raised the guaranteed price it pays to farmers to a record $4.50 per kilogram. This.

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Ethiopia Begins Duty-Free Exports Under AfCFTA

Ethiopia has officially commenced trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), marking a historic step towards deeper economic integration on the continent. Beginning with duty-free exports of key.

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End of Francophone Dominance?: Cameroon-China Partnership Impacts African Trade

Not long ago, France stood unchallenged as Cameroon’s biggest trade ally, a relationship steeped in history, politics, and post-colonial interdependence. However, 2025 has upended that order. China has become Cameroon’s.

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What Niger’s $144.7 Million AfDB Deal Means for Its Energy Future

It’s not every day that a $144.7 million deal promises to change the trajectory of an entire nation — but for Niger, this is more than a financial agreement. It’s.

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