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The Government of Malawi has announced a landmark $180 million collaboration with Chinese technology giant Huawei to drive a comprehensive national digital transformation agenda over the next four years. The initiative, unveiled this week, aims to modernise public service delivery, expand broadband access, and build critical digital skills across the ....
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A landmark UK investment deal, a US policy reset, and a Dakar political crisis define the week’s business landscape across Africa. Ghana signed a £215 million growth partnership with the UK in London yesterday, anchored by the Gulf of Guinea’s first commercial-scale maritime dry-dock facility. The Dangote IPO subscription window is confirmed for August. And […]
...African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or the “Bank”) and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) announced its results for the three months ended 31 March 2026. The results demonstrate continued resilience, disciplined balance sheet management and strong deal execution despite a challenging global operating environment. The Group continued to expand its lending activities in Q1 2026, resulting in […]
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Reaching young audiences in South Africa is becoming increasingly complex. Social platforms dominate discovery, but attention is fragmented, competition is intense, and many brands are still operating on outdated assumptions about how younger generations think, spend, and engage. To better understand this generation on their own terms, ReachPlayers, a leading gaming ad network focused on immersive […]
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From the Afrikaner refugee expansion to AGOA’s expiration, Washington’s choices this week reveal a narrowing vision for the U.S.-Africa relationship. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF Washington is doubling down on a refugee program built exclusively for white South Africans, even as it moves to restrict travel from Central and East Africa over Ebola. Meanwhile, the African […]
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Doing Business in Africa | Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Senegal’s government collapsed on Friday when President Faye fired Prime Minister Sonko and dissolved the cabinet, fracturing the alliance that brought both men to power in 2024. With a frozen IMF programme, a $13 billion debt load, and a fuel subsidy bill […]
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New integration enables customers to seamlessly link accounts and transfer funds between PayPal and M-Pesa wallets through the M-Pesa Super App Vodacom M-Pesa Tanzania has announced a new partnership with PayPal that will enable customers in Tanzania to seamlessly transfer funds between their PayPal and M-Pesa wallets through the M-Pesa Super App; As part of […]
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