March 2019

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Credit rating agencies’ harsh stance is hurting Africa
Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) play a pivotal role within the financial sphere. They provide a solvency risk benchmark to investors for debt issuers and structured finance instruments which are traded on debt capital markets (DCM). In short, they have an outsized influence on the interest rates countries or corporates pay lenders. Last year, some 20 African sovereigns were owing more than $100bn th
Richard Ndem • OctOctober 8^th, 2020
Libyan oil in turmoil
Although it has some of the lowest oil production costs in the entire world, attractive geology counts for little in war-torn Libya. Few welcomed the brutal rule of Muammar Qaddafi but since his overthrow the country has been riven by a range of ethnic, regional, religious and political differences that are tearing at the fabric of national cohesion.Production on most oil fields has been halted an
OctOctober 14^th, 2015

Africa’s digital transformation far behind other regions
Africa's digital transformation and its readiness to use technology to transform livelihoods lags far behind other regions, according to the Network Readiness Index 2020 released on Tuesday. The index, compiled by the Portulans Institute, ranks a total of 134 economies on more than 30 technology-specific indices including four key pillars; technology, people, governance and impact.Mauriti
Tom Collins • DecDecember 1^st, 2020
Creating your own talent pool
Sometime in the mid-1950s, Ralph Cordiner, then president of General Electric, was convinced that the single biggest thing holding his company back was lack of talent. The company was growing and moving outside traditional geographies and product lines and he needed his employees’ skills to grow with them. His solution would be a historic one; Cordiner established the Crotonville Management Tr
Fred Swaniker • NovNovember 2^nd, 2020

Pandemic offers chance to rethink future of airlines
For some African airlines the current crisis could prove fatal, but African Business editor David Thomas sees opportunities to strengthen the post-pandemic industry The coronavirus pandemic has brought unremittingly bleak news for Africa’s airline industry. The continent’s commercial fleets are grounded as tourism and business travel have shuddered to a halt. The International Air Transport Ass
MayMay 8^th, 2020
Brexit trade deals on the table at UK-Africa summit
Next week, the UK will welcome 21 African heads of state to London for an investment summit hosted by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Organisers say the UK-Africa Investment Summit will provide an opportunity for delegates to finalise post-Brexit trade deals between the UK and African states.Organised by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with Departmen
JanJanuary 17^th, 2020