Comprehensive coverage of intra-African commerce, trade policy, and business opportunities.
Africa needs $170 billion in annual infrastructure investment. This creates massive demand for construction materials including cement, steel, glass, tiles, and...
Africa generates over 40 percent of global voluntary carbon credits from forest protection and renewable energy projects. UNFCCC Article 6 bilateral deals are b...
Africa spends $75 billion annually importing food it could grow itself. Underinvestment in agriculture, poor infrastructure, and policy failures are sustaining...
AfCFTA Phase 2 covers investment, competition policy, and intellectual property rights. These chapters will determine whether the continental free trade area de...
Africa loses 30-40 percent of fresh produce post-harvest, much of it preventable with cold chain infrastructure. Investment in cold storage and refrigerated tra...
CGIAR, IFAD, and bilateral donors are scaling climate-smart agriculture technologies including drought-tolerant seeds, precision irrigation, and digital agronom...
Africa's freight forwarding sector is transitioning from small customs agents to integrated logistics providers offering end-to-end supply chain management. The...
South Africa produces 1 billion litres of wine annually and exports $600 million worth, primarily to the EU. A few East African boutique wineries are beginning...
Founded in 1993 with $500 million in capital, Afreximbank has grown into a $30 billion institution underwriting some of the continent's most transformative trad...
National digital ID systems in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa are being extended for cross-border KYC verification, reducing the cost and complexity of...
Rules of origin determine which goods qualify for AfCFTA preferential tariffs. Getting these thresholds right is the difference between genuine industrialisatio...
Africa consumes 180 million tonnes of cement annually with demand growing at 5-7 percent per year. Dangote Cement and LafargeHolcim dominate production across 3...
Jumia operates in 11 African markets but consistently loses money on last-mile delivery in densely populated but infrastructure-poor urban areas. New logistics...
The Trans-Sahara Highway connecting Lagos to Algiers through Niger and Algeria spans 4,500 kilometres. Border closures, security threats in the Sahel, and pavem...
Zambia and Tanzania's soya bean production is growing 15-20 percent annually as feed demand from poultry sectors drives processing investment. South African cru...