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Inside AfDB’s East Africa Strategy and the Road to a More Connected Continent

Africa’s economic future is being redrawn through the corridors of regional integration, and East Africa is right at the heart of it. The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s recent mission.

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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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Coalition Politics in Africa: The New Face of Inclusive Democracy

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.

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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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Why Africa’s Street Art Movement Deserves Global Recognition

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.

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How Transnet’s R127 Billion Investment Could Redefine South Africa’s Freight Future

South Africa’s economic pulse beats through its ports, railways, and pipelines, and Transnet is the artery that keeps it flowing. Now, in one of its most ambitious modernisation efforts to.

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Morocco Doubles Down on Human Capital with $15 Billion Health and Education Push

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.

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E-Mobility Pulse: Kenya & Nigeria’s EV Momentum

As nations across the world pivot from fossil fuel-based transport to cleaner, electrified mobility, the conversation is no longer merely about climate change but also about economic sovereignty, industrial evolution,.

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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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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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