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.
Street art, once dismissed as urban rebellion or fleeting graffiti, is now carving out a legitimate place in Africa’s creative economy. Painted walls and expressive murals have become a mirror.
There are funding announcements and then there’s the new wave of capital reshaping Africa’s startup landscape. Across Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, and Cape Town, venture capital is rewriting what’s possible for.
Morocco’s finance ministry has submitted a 2026 draft budget totalling 761.3 billion dirhams ($83 billion), a 5.5% increase from last year, marking one of the most expansive fiscal plans in.
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.
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..
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.
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.
For decades, the story of African oil has been a paradox of poverty amidst plenty. Nations rich in black gold have watched their crude siphoned away in tankers, only to.
Step into the McMillan Memorial Library in Nairobi and you encounter bookshelves and a metaphor for Africa’s greatest missed opportunity. For over 90 years, this landmark has stood as a.
