FOCAC 2021: China looks beyond infrastructure investment in Africa
As the eighth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) began at the end of November, African leaders travelled to Senegal to participate in the triennial summit....
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Riding the battery raw materials wave
The COP26 meeting of world leaders wrapped up in mid-November with a number of critical action points that will set the tone for the clean...
COP26 and Africa’s energy sector: The need to invest beyond power generation
As the COP26 Summit begins in Glasgow this week, the world’s attention is squarely centred on climate change. Leaders from multilateral institutions, national governments, and...
Democratic Republic of Congo: Is resource nationalism on the rise again?
Many investors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) anticipated a new dawn for investor regulation early this year, as President Félix Tshisekedi shed the...
Political reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire: Where next for a divided country?
On 27 July 2021, Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara welcomed his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo to the presidential palace in Abidjan. Remarkably, the two political heavyweights...
South Africa: Ramaphosa’s long winter of discontent
July in South Africa has been dominated by eight days of “anarchy and mayhem”, in the words of President Cyril Ramaphosa. The imprisonment of ex-president...
Restoring investor confidence: Key priorities for Abiy’s new administration
Following a nine-month postponement, last week Ethiopia held its much-anticipated general election. Originally scheduled for August 2020, the Ethiopian government had suspended the poll, citing...
Accelerating Côte d’Ivoire’s green energy push: Opportunities for solar power generation
Recent power outages in Côte d’Ivoire have laid bare the challenges rising energy demand poses to the country. Low water levels at hydroelectric dams, and...
