Business in Africa
Ghana’s Print Sector Expands as Retail Growth and Advertising Demand Drive Investment in Advanced Production Technologies
Nairobi, Kenya,13 March 2026: Ghana’s visual communications and printing industry is entering a new phase of growth, driven by expanding retail activity, urban development, and rising demand for high-impact branding and…
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From Craft to Capital: An Investment Case Hiding in Plain Sight
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Dr. M’zée Fula Ngenge on Africa’s Diamond Future
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Dr. Fred Okengo Matiang’i Of Kenya; The Making Of A Pan Africanist.
By Samuel Omwenga* When the now late Orange Democratic Party of Kenya (ODM) leader Raila…
Malawi’s Rare Earth Gambit : How Africa’s Poorest Nation Became the World’s Most Strategically Valuable
By James Woods-Nkhutabasa* In late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow corridor through…
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iROKING – Africa’s “Spotify” – hits 100,000 registered users
iROKING, the largest, legal distributor of Nigerian music, announces that it has 100,000 subscribers in just seven months. iROKING is Africa's…
AfDB Readies Ambitious Infrastructure Bond Programme to Boost African Economies
Africa has established itself as the continent with the world's second-fastest economic growth behind Asia, and its momentum seems positive…
Kenya ahead Nigeria as IBM sites Africa’s ICT lab in Nairobi
By PATRICK ATUANYA* The choice of Kenya as the location for International Business Machines (IBMs) first research laboratory in Africa…
Ethiopia gets Africa’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Ethiopian Airlines received Africa's first Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) 787 Dreamliner on Friday, making Ethiopia the only country aside…
Uganda the key in East Africa’s oil-driven energy revolution
By Hannah Waddilove, AKE Group* But political instability and poor regulation could herald appearance of ‘resource curse.’ In January 2009…
East Africa: civil society and the oil sector
By Tony O. Otoa Jr* Over the last 8 years, a lot has been happening in the Uganda oil sector…
Pursuing Soft Power, China Puts Stamp on Africa’s News
By ANDREW JACOBS* NAIROBI, Kenya — China’s investment prowess and construction know-how is widely on display in this long-congested…
Botswana: De Beers moves diamond sorting to Gaborone
The world's leading diamond producer, De Beers, has started the sorting of rough stones in Botswana. It is the first…