The war in Ukraine: Implications for food inflation across Africa
The Russian invasion of Ukraine’s impact is far-reaching, having effects well beyond the Eurasian continent. Amid a backdrop of COVID-19 and climate change, the war...
Ghana’s energy sector at a crossroads: Reform or regression?
Ghana has outwardly solved many of the problems that were plaguing the power sector as recently as 2016. Customers are no longer facing load shedding...
Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address 2022: Private sector development in the spotlight
On 17 February, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his sixth annual State of the Nation Address (SONA) since taking office in 2018. For the...
The African countries to monitor in 2022
As Africa enters its third year of COVID-19, the long-predicted ripple effects of the pandemic are coming to bear on its political structures. The myriad...
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...
