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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 is building domesti...

Tahar Benali May 23, 2026 1 min read Read More
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 two years of severe cu...

Mohammed El-Amin May 13, 2026 2 min read Read More
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 improving business environm...

Emmanuel Nkosi May 10, 2026 1 min read Read More
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 million tonnes annually...

David Mensah May 10, 2026 1 min read Read More
Tanzania 2024: Quiet Growth and the Infrastructure Decade

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...

Rebecca Gitau May 06, 2026 2 min read Read More
South Africa 2024: The GNU Economy and Trade Policy Recalibration

South Africa's Government of National Unity formed after the 2024 election has stabilised business confidence and is addressing power supply, logistic...

Nomsa Dube Apr 10, 2026 1 min read Read More
Kenya 2024: East Africa's Trade Powerhouse at an Economic Inflection Point

Kenya's economy is navigating high debt service costs and tax protest pressures while maintaining its position as East Africa's commercial hub. Export...

Sarah Kimani Mar 30, 2026 1 min read Read More
Morocco's Africa Strategy: How Rabat Built a Continental Business Empire

Over two decades, Morocco has transformed from a North African nation with limited sub-Saharan ties into one of Africa's largest investors on the cont...

Mehdi Berrada Mar 28, 2026 2 min read Read More
Chad: Landlocked Oil Producer Managing Regional Conflict and Climate Shocks

Chad produces 110,000 barrels per day of oil exported via the Chad-Cameroon pipeline. Revenue management under the Mahamat Idriss Deby transition gove...

Aboubakar Mahamat Mar 27, 2026 2 min read Read More
Nigeria's Continental Trade Pivot: Africa's Largest Economy Repositions for AfCFTA

Nigeria's trade balance has long been defined by oil exports and manufactured goods imports. A new industrial strategy, driven by AfCFTA opportunity a...

Chukwuemeka Obi Mar 17, 2026 2 min read Read More
Botswana: Post-Diamond Diversification and the Okavango Silicon Valley Ambition

Botswana derives 75 percent of government revenues from Debswana diamond mining. The new diamond beneficiation deal with De Beers and investments in f...

Keabetswe Moeng Feb 25, 2026 1 min read Read More
Malawi: Landlocked Economy, Tobacco Dependency, and Diversification Challenges

Malawi earns 55 percent of its export revenues from tobacco, a crop facing global demand decline. Diversification into soya, macadamia, and tourism is...

Limbani Phiri Feb 10, 2026 1 min read Read More
Morocco 2025: Atlantic Deepwater Port, Green Hydrogen, and AfCFTA Ambitions

Morocco's Nador West Med port expansion, Tangier automotive zone growth, and world-scale green hydrogen projects are positioning it as Africa's most d...

David Mensah Jan 22, 2026 1 min read Read More
Tunisia: Mediterranean Manufacturing Hub and Nearshore Digital Services

Tunisia combines automotive component manufacturing, textile exports, IT services, and olive oil exports within a Euro-Mediterranean trade framework....

Mohammed El-Amin Jan 21, 2026 1 min read Read More
Ivory Coast 2024: West Africa's Most Investable Economy Sustains Momentum

Côte d'Ivoire has maintained 6 to 8 percent GDP growth for 12 consecutive years, the longest sustained high growth record in West Africa. Abidjan's...

Aicha Coulibaly Jan 13, 2026 2 min read Read More