Insuring the Unpredictable: ATIDI’s $500 Million Call to Arms
A cargo ship sits low in the water at a harbor in Dar es Salaam, its massive steel hull groaning against the dock. On the manifest are the essentials of modern life: fuel, fertilizers, and grain. But the paperwork required to move these goods has become a labyrinth of risk. In a boardroom in Washington, […]
Africa’s Slowing Pulse: The High Cost of Debt and Global Headwinds
The morning market in a typical regional hub is no longer the symphony of commerce it once was. A vendor sifts through a bag of grain, her brow furrowed at the price scribbled on a weathered piece of cardboard. The cost of basic staples has climbed with a stubborn persistence, fueled by events happening thousands […]
Oracle’s Casablanca Launch and the Race for African Data
In the outskirts of Casablanca, where the Atlantic breeze meets the sprawling urban sprawl of Morocco’s commercial heart, a new kind of fortress has taken root. It lacks the sandstone ramparts of the old medina, replaced instead by reinforced concrete and the relentless hum of industrial cooling units. Inside, rows of servers blink with a […]
DRC Investment Forum 2026 to Mobilise US$10 Billion for Africa’s Next Growth Miracle
The Democratic Republic of Congo is done asking for attention. From 26-28 August 2026, the Fleuve Congo Hotel in Kinshasa will host the fourth DRC Investment Forum, and the message from organisers is blunt: capital has a home, policy is moving, and the pipeline is bankable. Last year’s forum curated US$7 billion in projects across […]
The Southern African Circuit That Rivals Anything You’d Cross A Continent For
While IATA projects intra-African air travel to grow at 4.9% compound annually through 2050 (the fastest of any region globally), the average South African holidaymaker is still more likely to have a favourite café in Amsterdam than a game drive story from the Luangwa Valley. But that is beginning to change. And with global travel […]
The Silent Assembly: BasiGo Begins Scaling Electric Mobility in Kenya
The air inside the Associated Vehicle Assemblers warehouse in Mombasa carries a scent distinct from the usual heavy musk of diesel and oxidized iron. Here, the atmosphere feels clinical, almost expectant. A technician named Otieno runs a gloved hand over a pristine white chassis, his fingers tracing the seamless weld where steel meets the future. […]
Wave At GITEX Africa 2026 Reflects A Broader Shift In Africa’s Digital Finance Ecosystem
At GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech, conversations across founders, policymakers, and technology leaders reflected a broader shift taking place across Africa’s digital finance ecosystem, as the focus moves from access alone toward building systems that are more integrated, reliable, and aligned with everyday economic activity. For companies operating in this space, the challenge is no […]
Speak Up Africa’s 2025 Impact Report: A Year Of Solutions And Action
Speak Up Africa’s 2025 Impact Report, Africa Solves highlights a year in which African leaders, communities, and institutions came together to design and implement locally driven solutions across health, gender equality, sanitation, and innovation. By strengthening political leadership, mobilizing sustainable financing, and amplifying community expertise, Speak Up Africa helped turn commitments into measurable action. This […]
Gold And Bitcoin Aren’t Rivals, They’re Insurance Against Different Disasters
The debate about gold and bitcoin as competing safe havens misses the point. Both are responding to the same underlying shift – but they hedge different failure modes within it. For decades, the global financial system rested on a single, largely uncontested foundation: the dollar. It functioned as the neutral medium of exchange, the world’s […]
An Informed Citizenry Is Africa’s Best Defence
By Larry Khumalo-MacArthur, Managing Director: Africa at Weber Shandwick In a world where a speech at Davos can alter a business’s balance sheet in Africa, fostering an informed and empowered citizenry is our most critical socioeconomic defence. As we near the end of the first quarter of the year, it feels like so much has […]
