Changing the narrative on Africa.
The proposed refinery in Lamu is the company’s first effort to export the industrial model behind its Lagos refinery, potentially providing a blueprint for replicating large-scale African industrial projects across multiple countries.
As Africa’s digital economy expands, fintechs are moving beyond payments to build the trust infrastructure that makes cross-border trade, investment and financial inclusion possible.
Oil-rich African economies are accelerating mineral exploration and downstream investment in a bid to build more diversified and resilient economies.
Sierra Leone’s traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local industry ready for global markets.
How a small country used trade, discipline and the hard work of thousands of women to become one of Africa’s top garment exporters.
Africa’s streaming market is entering a phase in which telecom operators are shifting from infrastructure providers to content gatekeepers. This is changing who controls access, payment systems, and audience relationships in African streaming.
Nigeria’s US$1 billion AfCFTA credit facility is a trade financing strategy that is positioning access to capital as a central lever for unlocking regional markets. The initiative serves as a test case for whether it is possible to address a broader continental constraint of limited trade finance that continues to slow the operational impact of Africa’s free trade agenda.
African banks are sustaining some of the highest returns in global finance as rising profitability spreads across major markets. The gains reflect deeper financial penetration but increasingly point to a system that must now convert earnings strength into long-term efficiency, digital scale, and broader credit access.
African capital markets are moving beyond market formation into a phase defined by deeper liquidity, stronger institutions, and improved market infrastructure. Recent reforms across exchanges, regulators, and development institutions point to systems increasingly capable of mobilizing and allocating domestic capital at scale.
M-KOPA’s expansion in Ghana highlights how device financing is evolving into bundled ecosystems that combine payments, protection, and financial products into a single repayment structure.