Insights, Opinion & Interviews

ESG case study: South Africa’s SA Taxi attracts new set of investors

By agreeing to a far-reaching set of social goals, the JSE-listed company was able to improve their cost of capital and attract the attention of a new set of institutional investors.
Opinion by Teresa Clarke
Meet the founder helping African businesses expand across borders

The CEO of Norebase explains how the firm is providing solutions to help companies expand across Africa at the click of a button.
Tola Onayemi in conversation
The AfCFTA is an opportunity for Africa’s recovery

With post-Covid recovery threatened by the war in Eastern Europe, accelerating the implementation of Africa’s free trade area could provide much-needed impetus.
Opinion by Chido Munyati
African ministers must act now on credit ratings

How can African governments ensure they can meet their debts and other payments while raising patient, long-term funding to grow the economy?
Opinion by Malado Kaba
Restoring trust in ourselves at Davos

The theme of this year's World Economic Forum, ‘Working Together, Restoring Trust’, offers an opportunity to reflect on conflict in the world today.
Opinion by Anver Versi
Mobilising to mainstream: Changing Africa’s future starts in our minds

How can Africa generate an economic trajectory of growth and prosperity? A change of mindset is needed, say Rajneesh Narula and Jon Foster Pedley.
Driving Africa’s resilience and adaptation through smart partnerships

In the face of climate threat, collaboration is essential. The smart partnership approach will enable Africa to achieve more than it ever could if stakeholders continue to work in silos.
Opinion by Ibrahima Cheikh Diong
The West needs to think again on African gas

With the breakdown in relations with Russia endangering gas supplies, the West should rethink its policy on embargoing development finance for gas deposits in Africa.
Opinion by Imaduddin Ahmed and Gareth Walsh
The cynicism of the UK’s Rwanda migration plan

The UK’s plans to relocate asylum seekers arriving by “illegal, dangerous or unnecessary methods” to Rwanda panders to a supposedly hardline public attitude on migration.
Opinion by David Thomas
African borrowers must unite to seek best deals from China and the West

The idea that China and other creditors need to be together to negotiate with each borrower one-by-one should be seen as a red herring by borrowers.
Opinion by Hannah Ryder