Africa
AfDB Becomes First Institutional Shareholder in EBID in Landmark West African Finance Deal
AfDB’s US$30m equity investment and US$70m credit line mark a historic shift in EBID’s ownership structure and could mobilise up to US$230m…
Category: Development
Africa
EBID Approves USD75m and EUR105m Package for Energy Security and SME Growth Across West Africa
EBID’s latest financing approvals target SME lending, electricity generation, refined petroleum distribution and industrial raw materials across West Africa, reinforcing its regional…
Business
Africa’s US$74bn Trade Finance Gap Is Holding Back the Continent’s Exporters
Afreximbank’s African Trade Report 2026 says Africa’s trade finance gap remained about US$74bn in 2025, underscoring how financing constraints continue to limit…
Africa
Africa CDC Says Ebola Funding Gap Shows Why Health Security Must Be Financed From Within
Africa CDC’s warning that Ebola-response pledges are not translating quickly into cash has turned the outbreak response into a wider test of…
Africa
Africa and Caribbean Delegates Call for Archives, Legal Pathways and Reparations Fund After UN Vote
Delegates from Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora used the Accra conference to move the reparations debate toward archives, legal mechanisms, restitution,…
Africa
Solar Cold Storage Is Turning Africa’s Food-Loss Problem Into A Market Opportunity
Solar-powered cold rooms are helping African farmers reduce spoilage, preserve value and connect more reliably to markets, making cold-chain infrastructure a practical…
Africa
Kenya’s Ocean Summit Moves Africa From Climate Victimhood to Blue-Governance Leadership
The Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa gives Africa a chance to move ocean diplomacy from climate vulnerability toward enforcement, finance and blue-economy…
Africa
Mozambique’s Return to Budget Support Tests Donor Confidence After Hidden-Debt Fallout
Mozambique is seeking renewed budget support from the World Bank while negotiating with the IMF, turning development finance into a test of…
AfDB
AfDB’s ATIDI Bet Shows Why Guarantees Are Becoming Africa’s New Development-Finance Weapon
AfDB’s planned investment in ATIDI shows why guarantees, insurance and de-risking tools are moving to the centre of Africa’s infrastructure and development-finance…
Africa
Africa’s Investor Comeback Is Becoming a Test of Reform Credibility
African governments are beginning to regain investor attention, but the next phase will test whether reform credibility can survive debt pressure, political…