Significant lithium deposits have been discovered in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Mali. Rare earth elements are present in Malawi, Tanzania, and South Africa. The bat...
Algeria's Sonatrach oil and gas revenues, boosted by high energy prices 2022-23, are funding a re-industrialisation programme that is building domestic producti...
African healthtech attracted $370 million in venture investment in 2023. Helium Health, Vezeeta, and LifeBank are building EMR, digital pharmacy, and last-mile...
Africa's trucking industry is dominated by small owner-operators with one to three trucks each. Digital freight platforms are aggregating this fragmented supply...
Nigeria's 2023 naira unification and subsequent float created acute FX shortages that locked importers out of Letters of Credit for months. The CBN's interventi...
Murabaha, wakala, and ijara instruments are expanding access to trade finance for Muslim-majority markets in Somalia, Sudan, Northern Nigeria, Niger, and Senega...
Ethiopian Airlines operates the continent's largest cargo network, handling over 800,000 tonnes annually. RwandAir, Kenya Airways, and EgyptAir are expanding be...
Mining and oil project financing in Africa uses specialised structured finance techniques including commodity pre-payment facilities, off-take agreements, and r...
Egypt secured a $35 billion Ras El-Hekma deal with the UAE and an expanded IMF programme in 2024, stabilising its economy after two years of severe currency and...
Nigeria's Tinubu administration removed fuel subsidies and unified the exchange rate in 2023, triggering economic pain but improving business environment fundam...
Zambia's debt restructuring concluded in 2023, restoring access to external financing. The copper sector expansion targeting 3 million tonnes annually could mak...
Structured trade finance, using commodity stocks and receivables as collateral, provides liquidity to African commodity traders and processors who lack bankable...
Africa's farmed fish production grew 12 percent in 2023 to 2.4 million tonnes. Egypt, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia lead. Investment in tilapia, catfish, and shri...
Tanzania has maintained 5 to 6 percent growth rates for over a decade under stable governance. The SGR railway, Dar es Salaam port expansion, and LNG project ar...
Africa produces 2 million tonnes of cotton annually but exports over 90 percent as raw lint. Building textile manufacturing capacity to use domestic cotton is A...