Golden Africa thinks big in East Africa -Palm oil

By Rémy Darras, in Djibouti Golden Africa, the Yemeni company founded by Fouad Hayel Saeed, and a pioneer in industrial activity in Djibouti, has ambitions in the Horn of...
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Rwanda’s football sponsorships need data on impact to clinch the case

By David Whitehouse Rwanda’s sponsorship deal with the Paris St-Germain football team worth €10m ($11.1m) a year has drawn criticism as an inappropriate priority for a country that remains...
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Displacements in Ethiopia’s Oromia region amid recent fighting

by africanews Recent fighting between state forces and armed groups in Ethiopia’s Oromia region has led to displacements in the region, the largest and most populous in the country.
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True winners and false losers in the Forbes 2020 billionaire rankings

By Aurélie M'Bida The same names keep recurring — Dangote, Sawiris, Rabiu, Rebrab — but the rankings shift. In the 2020 Forbes magazine’s ranking of Africa’s billionaires, Aliko...
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Angola reach out to other countries in corruption crackdown

By Agencies Angola has reached out to a number of countries for help in recouping funds lost to corruption in the past, the country’s minister of state for economic...
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UK leans on financial expertise to woo African leaders

By Nicholas Norbrook The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised investment, a greening of development aid and visa reform to delegates from 21 African countries, gathered at the...
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Why agtech must embrace farmer-centred design

by Emma Wade-Smith When you think about digital growth in Africa, innovations in finance – not farming – probably spring to mind. Yet agricultural technology, or...
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learning to live with the enemy within-Cameroon’s diaspora

by Jeune Afrique. While exchanges of friendship continue between Paul Biya and some of his compatriots living abroad, Cameroon's President clearly has not digested the violent protests...
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Stronger UK-Africa trade and investment ties can turbocharge growth for both regions

A general view outside the UK-Africa Investment Summit in London, Britain January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls With Brexit fast approaching, the UK government and British companies are looking to...
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A new case for a Commonwealth based on trade

The United Kingdom’s exit of the European Union (EU) is now all but certain. Only the passage of time will reveal what the new relationship shall be. But with...
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How Nigeria’s cricket team ‘shocked the world’

Debutants Nigeria are set to face England at the Under-19 cricket World Cup, but as Janine Anthony reports from Lagos, cricket is still very much a minority sport in the West African...
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Angola vows to bring back Isabel dos Santos after ‘Luanda Leaks’ release

By Agencies Authorities in Angola have said they will use “all possible” means to bring back Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of the country’s former president, after thousands...
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Ethiopian activist turned politician ‘cries’ over security idleness amid attacks

Ethiopian politician and media owner Jawar Mohammed is accusing security forces of being passive during an attack on a building complex housing his media outfit, the Oromo Media Network, OMN.
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In Zimbabwe, a backyard hydroponic farm beats drought to grow vegetables

MacDonald Dzirutwe In a backyard in Zimbabwe’s capital, a 50-year-old mother of two is using hydroponics to grow vegetables for some of Harare’s top restaurants, defying drought and an...
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