Changing the narrative on Africa.
African electricity systems are moving beyond state-owned utility models as governments increasingly rely on private capital to build new generation, storage, and grid infrastructure. This is creating more diversified power markets while redefining the role of utilities across the continent.
Zimbabwe’s latest export of locally processed lithium sulphate from the Arcadia project, following tightened restrictions on unprocessed mineral exports, underscores its shift into processing. The development positions the country as an early test case for Africa’s broader push to capture more value from critical minerals through domestic beneficiation.
African governments are increasingly exploring alternative ways to finance infrastructure, moving beyond conventional external borrowing toward capital-market instruments, pooled investment vehicles, and domestically anchored funds. Policymakers and market participants say the shift reflects tighter debt constraints, rising currency risks, and a policy push to mobilise long-term local capital for transport, energy, and social infrastructure while reducing reliance on foreign-currency loans.
As countries around the world push to forge strategic partnerships to advance their nuclear power goals, Africa’s critical role is expanding. Several African governments have
Africa is setting the terms for the new scramble for its minerals by pooling regional strengths and mobilizing capital. Several nations are tightening export rules,
Rwanda-born Zipline, famed for delivering blood and vaccines across Africa, is now dropping burritos in Texas for the American fast-food chain, Chipotle. Bonface Orucho, bird
Mercedes-Benz is partnering with Senegal to build a truck assembly plant by 2026. The project is part of Dakar’s wider industrial strategy to create jobs,
Africa’s nuclear sector is poised for significant growth, with a new International Atomic Energy Agency report projecting generating capacity could increase tenfold by 2050. Bonface