Business and Finance

How Africa’s telcos are leading the satellite push

November 25, 2025

Vodacom’s recent partnership with Starlink signals a structural shift in Africa’s connectivity model, where telcos are increasingly at the centre of how satellite capacity is deployed, commercialised, and scaled across the continent. In November 2025, Vodacom Group signed an agreement with Starlink to integrate LEO satellite backhaul into its mobile network and to resell Starlink hardware and services to enterprise and SME clients across multiple African markets.

Coming soon: “Made in Africa” products like you’ve never seen

November 20, 2025

Accreditation was the buzzword during three days of robust discussions on upgrading and ensuring the quality of “Made in Africa” goods at the first International Accreditation Conference in Mombasa this month. Representatives from Kenya, Mauritius, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Botswana, the US, Bahrain, Germany and other countries attended the event.

More African countries are embracing the yuan

October 29, 2025

Ethiopia and Kenya may become Africa’s first countries to repay Chinese loans in Beijing’s currency. It’s the latest in a wider de-dollarization trend that is sweeping across the continent

Businesses flock to Ethiopia’s newly-opened banking market

October 22, 2025

Ethiopia is opening its banking sector to foreign players for the first time in five decades, drawing swift interest from Kenya’s biggest lenders and regional heavyweights.

Among Africa’s top performing currencies — Zambian kwacha

October 22, 2025

Zambia’s currency is enjoying its best run in nearly two years, buoyed by a surge in copper output and tighter monetary discipline.

New mining deals, more profit for Africa

October 16, 2025

A wave of mergers and acquisitions is redrawing Africa’s mineral economy, boosting its scale, strategy, and fiscal resilience.

Tax reforms pave Africa’s road to fiscal independence

October 14, 2025

Tax reforms and digital systems are reshaping how some African economies finance their budgets and strengthen fiscal independence.

African beauty – an opportunity for growth

October 14, 2025

It’s a chilly Friday morning in Kayole–Soweto, an informal settlement some 14 kilometres outside of Nairobi and several young women are seated on plastic chairs in a room on the ground floor of a cement-coloured building, having their hair woven.

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Africa’s rising elite are buying these cars

September 24, 2025

Bentleys, Ferraris and Rolls-Royces…more and more of these high-end vehicles are cruising through Africa’s cities. The rise in luxury car ownership comes as Africa’s middle

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Turning the tap off illicit money flows

September 12, 2025

Governments in Africa are revving up efforts to recover assets that could fund infrastructure and growth. Bonface Orucho, bird story agency A new African Union