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Cascador, an Africa-focused platform for growth-stage founders building businesses with social impact, hosted its second annual Pitch Day on June 3rd, 2026, following a successful inaugural event last year. Over $5M of growth capital was deployed to seven innovative African entrepreneurs, who pitched their vision and growth strategies before an influential audience of business leaders […]
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On 29 May 2023, moments after taking the oath of office, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared: “Fuel subsidy is gone.” The announcement marked the beginning of one of the most consequential economic reform cycles in Nigeria’s recent history. Over the following months, the administration moved to remove fuel subsidies, unify exchange rates through the Central […]
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Cross-border payments friction continues to slow African trade despite growing regional opportunity For many South African businesses, paying a supplier in Lagos still involves more friction, delays and administrative complexity than settling a payment in London — a paradox that Ola Oyetayo, CEO and co-founder of Verto, says continues to undermine African trade growth. Despite […]
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Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria will be the first countries to implement a landmark digital trade solution and accelerate intra-African commerce under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat has announced that Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria will be the first countries to lead the implementation of the Africa Digital […]
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Judiciary Should Uphold Rule of Law, Protect Civic Space On May 5, a Nigerian high court ordered the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a prominent local human rights organization, to pay 100 million naira (about US$72,000) in damages to two Department of State Services officials. The court also directed the organization to publish public apologies […]
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Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Nairobi hosted the most consequential Africa-Europe diplomatic gathering in a decade this week, as 30 heads of state joined France’s Macron to push for a fundamental rethink of how global capital prices African risk. At the same time, Africa’s two largest listed telecom operators reported their strongest […]
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Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers China dropped tariffs for 53 African nations on May 1 in the most significant trade policy shift affecting the continent in years. At the same time, the Lobito Corridor moves from planning to financing, Equity Group is following trade routes south, and a South African consortium has […]
...Weekly Intelligence Briefing for Investors, Executives, and Decision-Makers Africa’s capital story shifted this week from who is investing in the continent to who owns it. Dangote announced a pan-African IPO for his refinery, valued at up to $50 billion, with listings planned across multiple African exchanges and dividends payable in dollars. At the same time, […]
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120 of Nigeria’s most talented emerging artists, selected from over 2,100 applications, begin intensive training with Berklee faculty on 22 April, closing with a live concert and the on-stage award of full three-year Berklee scholarships on Sunday 26 April The Tiwa Savage Music Foundation (TSMF), in partnership with Berklee College of Music, will this week […]
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It was a Saturday market day, which in the villages that straddle the Borno-Yobe border means something particular. It means the smell of dried fish and millet. It means men arriving on motorcycles before dawn, women spreading cloth on cracked earth, children darting between the stalls. It means the week’s commerce — and sometimes the […]
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