Ghana cocoa crisis worsens after poor harvest
Ghana’s forecast that cocoa production will fall by 16% next season highlights a growing challenge facing Africa’s commodity-dependent economies, according...
African economy
Morocco becomes Africa’s top industrial power
Morocco has risen to become the most industrialised economy on the African continent, dethroning South Africa for the first time,...
UN presses Libya on unified spending deal
Libya is under renewed pressure to turn its unified spending framework into a functioning system of fiscal discipline, oversight and...
Gomez Agou: How can Africa capitalize on its savings?
African economies will not be able to meet their development goals unless they can mobilize their own resources. But to...
Hafed al-Ghwell: Africa’s development dreams need industry
A seductive idea has taken hold in boardrooms, climate summits, and venture capital decks: Africa will vault over the messy...
Awale Kullane: Africa’s democracy is not imported
For far too long, African youth have been told that democracy is something imported, something borrowed, something foreign to their...
Mali’s lithium project takes off amidst political turmoil
Mali’s lithium project in Bougouni —which is approximately 180 km away from the capital of Bamako— continues its operations in...
Burkina Faso: Country removes visa costs for African citizens
President Ibrahim Traore's government in Burkina Faso has announced a new scheme to lift all visa costs on tourist and...
Algeria’s plan for African economic strength
At the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 2025) in Yokohama, Japan, Algeria’s Minister of Knowledge Economy, Start-Ups and...
Libya’s economic growth forecasts are optimist, says new report
The Arab Monetary Fund’s Economic Outlook report, released this week, has forecasted Libya’s economy to expand by 14.3% this year,...
Tafi Mhaka: African billionaires thrive as millions struggle
The surge in African billionaires signals elite capture rather than economic progress, locking millions into poverty. On July 9, 2025,...
Morocco integrates into Pan-African financial system
Morocco’s Central Bank has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a pan-African financial system facilitating efficient and secure...
Carlos Lopes: Africa’s debt crisis can be solved by leveraging capital
Like many other multilateral forums, the upcoming Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development may well produce impressive declarations and...
