Amplifying African Narratives
Africa’s AI ambitions depend on more than software and startups. The continent needs compute, reliable electricity, data centres, cloud access and regional…
South Africa’s funding freeze on Johannesburg and dozens of municipalities shows why urban growth must be matched by stronger fiscal controls, credible…
Botswana’s Billie Jean King Cup hosting provides a timely lens on the costs, infrastructure and commercial gaps limiting the development of African…
Dakar 2026 will be Africa’s first Olympic event. Its real success will depend on whether venues, transport, skills and business opportunities deliver…
Namibia and China have signed agreements covering critical minerals, infrastructure and energy. The central test is whether they deliver local processing, skills…
The African Development Bank has mobilised €205 million for Morocco’s high-speed rail expansion, linking passenger mobility to logistics capacity and industrial competitiveness.
ARM-Harith’s climate transition fund highlights a deeper development-finance question: whether African institutional savings can be channelled into bankable infrastructure at scale.
Morocco’s pitch to Indian companies reflects a wider contest among African industrial hubs to become platforms for Europe-Africa supply chains.
Africa’s development finance debate is shifting from donor flows to domestic capital mobilisation, as AfDB meetings highlight the continent’s annual funding gap.
African leaders are pushing for reforms to global credit-risk pricing, arguing that borrowing costs continue to restrict development finance and infrastructure investment.