The Flag in Hargeisa: Israel Appoints Its First Ambassador to Somaliland
Hargeisa is a city of particular pride. Its streets are named after battles. Its currency — the Somaliland shilling, accepted nowhere outside its own borders — is printed with images of a freedom the rest of the world has largely refused to formally acknowledge. Since 1991, when Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia after a […]
Ukraine Opens Its First African Food Hub in Ghana
On the morning of April 14, 2026, a woman in Accra lifted a food package she had not expected to receive. Inside: rice, and pasta made from flour milled in Ghana — from Ukrainian wheat. The woman was one of 4,000 Ghanaian widows who received packages at the opening of Ukraine’s first agricultural hub on […]
Africa’s Supply Chains: Finance, Sustainability And The Case For Simplicity
By Natalie van Graan Global trade is fast being reshaped by converging forces: tariff fragmentation, geopolitical realignment, energy volatility and an escalating sustainability agenda. This continent has 60 per cent of the world’s best solar resources, critical minerals (copper, cobalt, lithium) for the green economy and a young, growing workforce. How can African businesses build […]
Thinkyoung And Boeing Launch First STEM School In Angola
ThinkYoung, in partnership with Boeing [NYSE: BA], concluded the first edition of the ThinkYoung STEM School in Luanda, a free educational program designed to introduce young people to science and innovation through practical learning, while giving early insights into careers in aviation and technology. The initiative was implemented in collaboration with the American Schools of […]
Africa Energy Indaba Unveils 2027 Theme: African Energy – Pathways To Prosperity
Following the resounding success of the 2026 edition, the Africa Energy Indaba has officially announced its 2027 theme: African Energy – Pathways to Prosperity Connectedness and Cooperation The 2027 theme reflects a bold and timely vision for the continent’s energy future—one centred on strengthening connections across borders, markets and people to unlock Africa’s vast energy […]
The Silent Cost Of Avoidance
Why ignoring your finances may be the most expensive habit of all For many people, finances sit in a strange psychological blind spot – acknowledged, but rarely confronted. Bank notifications go unopened, budgets are postponed, and “I’ll deal with it later” becomes a quiet mantra. But avoidance is never neutral… it comes at a cost […]
From Investment To Impact: Rethinking Infrastructure In Developing Economies And Africa
New BCG report analyses three decades of infrastructure investment across 92 countries, revealing which types of projects deliver the strongest economic growth impact. Infrastructure underpins economic growth, national security, and social progress. Yet countries are taking increasingly divergent paths. Developing countries are investing heavily, while developed economies have seen investment flattening or declining, even as […]
Belmoney And RwandaCash Partner To Unlock Pan-European Remittances To Rwanda
Strategic alliance combines Rwanda’s most trusted diaspora brand with Europe’s first Remittance-as-a-Service platform giving tens of thousands of Rwandans across the EU a faster, cheaper way to send money home. Belmoney, Europe’s first Remittance-as-a-Service (RaaS) provider, today announced a strategic partnership with RwandaCash, the leading financial services provider for the Rwandan diaspora. The partnership transforms […]
South Africa Sends Its Apartheid Peacemaker to Trump’s Washington
Roelf Meyer remembers what it felt like to walk into a room where the other side did not trust you. In the early 1990s, he was the face of a crumbling government — a white Afrikaner minister sent to negotiate the end of the system his own party had built. His counterpart was Cyril Ramaphosa, […]
The Distant Drumbeat: How a War in the Middle East Is Draining Africa’s Growth
In the bustling Gikomba market on the eastern edge of Nairobi, Wanjiru Kamau has sold cooking oil, flour, and maize for nearly two decades. She knows, in the way only a market trader can, when the world has shifted. In early 2026, she felt it again — the kind of creeping, wordless squeeze that no […]
