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Kenya slumps into first recession in two decades
Kenya’s economy slumped into a recession for the first time in almost two decades after GDP contracted for a second straight quarter in September 2020.Economic output shrank 1.1% in the third quarter, and 5.5% in the second quarter, according to a report released by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on Wednesday.The contraction was driven by a severe decline in the hospitality
Tom Collins • JanJanuary 28^th, 2021
Guinea: Record investment propels bauxite boom
A record investment of $205m by an international consortium, including the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), to develop a high-grade bauxite mine in Guinea is generating new hope in this West African country. Guinea was one of three resource-rich Mano River Basin states that were stricken by the Ebola crisis in 2014 – the other two were Liberia and Sierra Leone. Guinea, a nation of 10.5m people,
MarMarch 16^th, 2017

Southern African private equity seizes deal opportunities
In March, Zimbabwean private equity firm Takura Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in distressed agro-business Interfresh Limited, shortly after snapping up a 16% stake in diversified construction firm Radar Holdings.A beneficiary of funding from the UK’s development investor CDC Group, Takura Capital was established in 1997 to target growing and struggling companies. Since then the in
Tonderayi Mukeredzi • MayMay 7^th, 2021
Chinese influence is assured – how should Africa respond?
A major narrative over the first two decades of the 21st century has been the rise of China and its emergence as an influential actor in Africa. The relationship has been mutually beneficial – with Chinese financing powering Africa’s commodity exports, economic growth, infrastructure, and knowledge transfer, while African minerals contributed to China’s high growth and economic expansion.That
Gyude Moore • NovNovember 16^th, 2020

Young African women in STEM: Esther Eyram Asare Yeboah – pharmacy
Esther Eyram is the daughter of missionaries. Apart from a short stint in The Gambia, she did most of her schooling in Ghana, following her parents across the country. It was her father, she says, who encouraged her to pursue sciences and today she is a pharmacy lecturer at Central University, while doing her PhD research at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa.The current pandemic
FebFebruary 10^th, 2021
Niger Delta communities fight for justice over oil spills
As the UK Supreme Court considers a case against Royal Dutch Shell by two Niger Delta communities, Linus Unah looks at a long history of failure to properly regulate Nigeria’s oil sector On 23 June, the UK Supreme Court heard an appeal by the Ogale and Bille communities of the Niger Delta against Royal Dutch Shell (RDS), reopening the possibility that the oil multinational could be found responsi
AugAugust 26^th, 2020

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