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.
Changing the narrative on Africa.
Changing the narrative on Africa.
A wave of mergers and acquisitions is redrawing Africa’s mineral economy, boosting its scale, strategy, and fiscal resilience.
Tax reforms and digital systems are reshaping how some African economies finance their budgets and strengthen fiscal independence.
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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