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Lithium and Rare Earth Elements: Africa's Next Critical Mineral Frontier
Significant lithium deposits have been discovered in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Mali. Rare earth elements are present in Malawi, Tanza...
Algeria 2024: Hydrocarbon Revenues, Import Restrictions, and the Re-industrialisation Drive
Algeria's Sonatrach oil and gas revenues, boosted by high energy prices 2022-23, are funding a re-industrialisation programme that...
Healthtech in Africa: Tele-consultation, EMR Systems, and the WHO Digital Health Strategy
African healthtech attracted $370 million in venture investment in 2023. Helium Health, Vezeeta, and LifeBank are building EMR, di...
African Trucking Industry: Structure, Challenges, and Digitalisation
Africa's trucking industry is dominated by small owner-operators with one to three trucks each. Digital freight platforms are aggr...
Nigeria's Naira Crisis and the Impact on Trade Finance Availability
Nigeria's 2023 naira unification and subsequent float created acute FX shortages that locked importers out of Letters of Credit fo...
Islamic Trade Finance: Growth in East Africa and the Sahel
Murabaha, wakala, and ijara instruments are expanding access to trade finance for Muslim-majority markets in Somalia, Sudan, North...
Air Cargo in Africa: Ethiopian Airlines Dominance and New Competition
Ethiopian Airlines operates the continent's largest cargo network, handling over 800,000 tonnes annually. RwandAir, Kenya Airways,...
Trade Finance for African Extractive Industries: Mining and Oil Sector Financing
Mining and oil project financing in Africa uses specialised structured finance techniques including commodity pre-payment faciliti...
Egypt 2024: Economic Stabilisation and the New Administrative Capital
Egypt secured a $35 billion Ras El-Hekma deal with the UAE and an expanded IMF programme in 2024, stabilising its economy after tw...
Nigeria 2024: Africa's Largest Economy Navigating FX Reform and Diversification
Nigeria's Tinubu administration removed fuel subsidies and unified the exchange rate in 2023, triggering economic pain but improvi...
Zambia 2024: Debt Resolution, Copper Boom, and the Path to Middle Income
Zambia's debt restructuring concluded in 2023, restoring access to external financing. The copper sector expansion targeting 3 mil...
Structured Trade Finance: Commodity-Backed Lending for African Exporters
Structured trade finance, using commodity stocks and receivables as collateral, provides liquidity to African commodity traders an...