Egypt has implemented a tender that enables the management, operation, and development of Hurghada International Airport to private companies. The government is not simply outsourcing an airport; it is signalling.
11/12/2025Ethiopia has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This will, in effect, bring in $261 million in fresh financing, pending board approval. For Ethiopia, this is.
11/12/2025The U.S. House of Representatives’ committee on trade signalled that it will take up a proposed three-year extension of AGOA, the landmark trade initiative that for over two decades provided.
11/12/2025Ghana’s economy expanded by 5.5 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025. The data, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), underscores a rebound in activity across a.
10/12/2025Namibia has a joint venture with Swakop Uranium and NamWater to construct the Erongo Sunam Desalination Plant near Swakopmund, which underscores the strategic convergence of natural resources, infrastructure, and foreign.
10/12/2025In a move with sweeping global ramifications, the DRC, responsible for more than 70 per cent of the world’s mined cobalt, has overhauled how it exports this critical mineral. In.
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The Group of 20 (G20) has long served as the pre-eminent forum where the world’s largest economies convene to coordinate on global economic stability, climate change, debt management and international.
The 2025 G20 Summit, convened in Johannesburg, South Africa, marked a historic milestone as the first such gathering held on the African continent. Despite the unprecedented absence of the United.
South Africa’s successful hosting of the 2025 G20 Summit has redefined what global cooperation means and enabled the Global South to finally take centre stage. Johannesburg hosted the 2025 G20.
As South Africa prepares to host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg on 22–23 November 2025, it is not merely presiding over a global economic forum; it is seizing what.
The G20, an international forum uniting 19 nations plus two regional blocs, commands striking global reach and influence. Its member states account for approximately 85 per cent of global gross domestic product.
The E1 World Championship, the first all-electric powerboat racing series, took to the waters of Lagos from 4–5 October 2025, marking a defining moment in its global expansion. More than.
It’s not every day that a meeting in Rabat sets wheels turning far beyond national ambitions. But when Aziz Akhannouch met with Renault Group Executive Vice-President François Provost in the.
Africa’s car market is shifting gears, and Russia wants in. Following the successful export of tractors to Ethiopia, Russian automakers UAZ and AvtoVAZ, the makers of the Lada, are steering.
South Africa’s new-vehicle market in 2025 has moved decisively from recovery to expansion, with domestic sales now tracking to surpass pre-pandemic levels for the first time since 2019. Industry bodies.
I still remember the first time I met Dr. Ken Giami. It was a quiet evening years ago, and our conversation turned naturally to the future of Africa. At a.
Nigeria and South Africa—Africa’s two largest economies—are once again at a defining moment in their relationship. Historically shaped by conflict, cooperation, and competition, the partnership between Abuja and Pretoria has.
Across continents, a profound shift is unfolding. In 2025, a growing coalition of museums, governments and international bodies is accelerating the return of artefacts looted during colonial periods to their.
LONDON — In a powerful show of intent, the African Leadership Organisation (ALO), under the chairmanship of former Tanzanian President Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, has formally greenlit the expansion of.
LONDON— In a world still shaking from the tremors of a global pandemic, economic fragmentation, and geopolitical turbulence, a quiet revolution was gathering force—not in boardrooms or war rooms, but.
Africa is not just participating in global entertainment; it is actively shaping it, celebrating the richness of Black excellence. This week, the continent delivered in full colour. From Lagos to.
In the face of numerous trials, uncertainties, trends, and questions about the genre’s standing in the global music scene, where countless sonic themes have come and gone, only to reach.
Nigeria’s creative economy has emerged as one of the most dynamic cultural and economic engines on the African continent. Before the end of 2025, the sector is projected to reach.
Afrobeats continues to expand its global presence with renewed momentum. From international chart placements to critical recognition, the genre’s influence is increasingly entrenched in mainstream culture. This week, three developments.
When the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sounded its latest alarm, it was not over global trade tensions or inflation in the developed world; it was over Africa’s own balance sheets..
Egypt has implemented a tender that enables the management, operation, and development of Hurghada International Airport to private companies. The government is not simply outsourcing an airport; it is signalling.
When the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) concluded its 303rd sitting in Abuja on 25 November 2025, it delivered a decision that combined caution.
The National Assembly’s passage of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, 2022, marks a defining moment for reproductive health policy in Kenya. The legislation, completed in the House, sets out.
For decades, international aid from Western donors to African nations formed a steady tide, shaping development policy, governance frameworks and diplomatic relations. Now, however, the tide is clearly receding. Several.
For decades, the story of politics in much of Africa was one of dominance, where a single party often spoke for an entire nation. Today, that narrative is beginning to.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects global GDP growth for 2025 at around 3.2 per cent, as the world economy continues to navigate the headwinds of trade tensions, inflationary pressures,.
Nigeria’s Central Bank has broken a long spell of monetary rigidity. At its 302nd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, the Bank trimmed the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis.
The inauguration of Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) stands as a monumental achievement for the African continent, an engineering feat that has reshaped conversations about energy, sovereignty, and water.
Africa’s reputation for coups is a stubborn echo from the late twentieth century, yet the present landscape is more intricate than that label suggests. Since 2020, a cluster of putsches.
With the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) working toward launching a single regional currency by 2027, the quiet, persistent question lingers in policy circles: will other blocs follow,.
The African Union (AU) has officially thrown its weight behind a growing global campaign to replace the 16th-century Mercator projection with a more accurate world map — one that finally.
