Latest Development news and analysis from across Africa.
AFRICA
Ghana is telling investors that African sovereign risk is unfairly priced as it seeks to restore market confidence after debt restructuring.
AFDB
The African Development Bank’s 2026 Annual Development Effectiveness Review focuses on mobilising Africa’s development financing at scale, highlighting the continent’s persistent capital and execution challenges.
AFDB
The African Development Bank’s $125 million investment in ATIDI could reshape Africa’s guarantee market and mobilize institutional capital for infrastructure and trade.
AFRICA
Renewable energy is moving from climate ambition to infrastructure reality across Africa, with solar and wind projects gaining ground because they are faster to build, easier to finance and less exposed to imported fuel shocks.
AFDB
The African Development Bank’s latest growth warning highlights Africa’s exposure to imported fuel, food, fertilizer and financing shocks despite resilient headline growth.
AFDB
Africa’s development finance debate is shifting from donor flows to domestic capital mobilisation, as AfDB meetings highlight the continent’s annual funding gap.
AFRICA
Twenty-seven countries have moved to secure access to crisis-finance tools from existing World Bank programmes as energy and fertilizer shocks intensify.
AFREXIMBANK
Afreximbank reported a 25% rise in Q1 2026 net income to $268.9 million, with credit exposure reaching $42 billion and liquidity remaining above its strategic minimum.
DEVELOPMENT
South Africa’s reported nuclear-expansion talks with the World Bank and other funders are not yet a financing deal, but they raise a larger question for Africa: who will pay for reliable, low-carbon baseload power?
AFRICA
African leaders are pushing for reforms to global credit-risk pricing, arguing that borrowing costs continue to restrict development finance and infrastructure investment.