Business in Africa
The Malawi Government’s Crisis Is The Banks’ Business Model
By James Woods* Malawi’s GDP per capita fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2025. Its banks had the best year in their history. Seven of eight commercial banks made…
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A New Chapter: How the Appointment of Israel’s First Ambassador Can Catalyze Somaliland’s Development and Strategic Future
By Jama Ayaanle Feyte The appointment of Michael Lotem as Israel’s first ambassador to the…
$10,000 Mandela-Era Cheque Fuels Africa Backlash Over Xenophobia in South Africa
By Ajong Mbapndah L A faded $10,000 cheque written in 1994 to Nelson Mandela has…
Africa’s AI Reality: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What Must Change
By Roger B. Jantio* As the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the…
Russia Resettling White South African Farmers
By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh Russia has allocated 500 hectares of land in the outskirts of…
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Nigeria: Stolen Oil, Stolen Revenue
With influential individuals possibly complicit in oil bunkering, concerted and coordinated efforts will be needed to end the costly practice.…
Angola launches $5 bln sovereign wealth fund
By Shrikesh Laxmidas* LISBON (Reuters) - Angola on Wednesday launched a $5 billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in domestic…
Goldman Sachs Appoints Nigerian Banker To Its Board
By Mfonobong Nsehe* Goldman Sachs has appointed Adebayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian investment banker and private equity tycoon, to its board…
Africa’s Leadership Fails Billionaire Mo Ibrahim’s Test, But Technocrats Rise
By Calestous Juma* The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced that it could not find a winner for its US$5 million…
Will South Africa’s struggles overshadow its potential?
BY Mark Mobius* Africa is a continent many investors bypass, but from my perspective as a long-term investor, I think…
Women Entrepreneurs Drive Growth in Africa
By JOSH KRON* KAMPALA, UGANDA — Far too often, in the view of Africa’s budding female entrepreneurs, their continent is…
Is Africa’s digital revolution under threat?
By Dele Fatunla* Back in the 1990s, before everyone had two mobile phones and Skype was still a distant dream,…
Is Brazil the inheritor of the Portuguese empire in Africa?
China has been under scrutiny as it invests in Africa, but another player has been largely ignored: BrazilBy Nikolas Kozloff*…