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Africa’s Car Market Revs Up as Russia Joins the Race for Local Manufacturing

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.

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Why Tourists Are Flocking to Ethiopia Again

Once slowed by the pandemic, Ethiopia’s tourism industry is now booming, with visitor numbers soaring past pre-COVID levels and local businesses thriving once more. A blend of relaxed visa policies,.

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United Nations Day 2025: Advancing Africa’s Vision through Peace, Unity, and Global Partnerships

It was a warm October morning in Addis Ababa when a group of schoolchildren gathered at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) headquarters, their hands waving blue-and-white flags.

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Inside Ethiopia’s Push to End Child Malnutrition

Ethiopia’s ongoing efforts to combat child malnutrition are showing steady progress, with recent data highlighting the government’s and humanitarian partners’ strides in saving young lives and building stronger nutrition systems.

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Rewriting the African Playbook: The Rise of Reform-Driven Leadership

Around the world, 2025 is beginning to look like a turning point. Governments are under mounting pressure to deliver stability, growth, and good governance not by grand promises alone, but.

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IMF Sounds Alarm, But Africa Must Lead Its Own Fiscal Path

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..

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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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World Bank Raises Africa’s 2025 Growth Forecast to 3.8%

The World Bank has raised its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2025 to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.5 per cent in April, signalling cautious optimism across a region.

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Ethiopia’s Industrial Growth Accelerates with Dangote’s $2.5B Fertiliser Plant

When Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, broke ground for a $2.5 billion fertiliser plant in Gode, Ethiopia, it wasn’t just another business announcement — it was a statement about the.

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GERD’s Ripple Effect: Power, Politics, and the Nile’s Future

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.

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