Insights, Opinion & Interviews

After Cop26, Africa needs more ambitious climate targets

The broad net zero emissions targets agreed at Cop26 are too amorphous. African negotiators need to push for measurable targets based on ambitious African development scenarios.
Op-ed by Hannah Ryder
The failure that was Cop26

What assistance comes as a result of Cop26 will be piecemeal, inadequate, and decline in substance as the climate crisis increases in intensity. Africa must continue to demand more.
Op-ed by Gyude Moore
‘We do not invest in the coal value chain’ says co-managing director of AIIM

Vuyo Ntoi, co-managing director of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), talks to us about the firm's investment plans going forward.
Vuyo Ntoi in conversation
Pandora Papers show that Africa must lead on capital flight

African governments are not doing enough to challenge illicit financial flows, say Professors Carlos Lopes and Ricardo Soares de Oliveira.
Op-ed by Carlos Lopes
International appetite for African startups hits new record

Despite the setbacks endured as a result of the global health crisis, Africa’s venture capital (VC) ecosystem is brimming with potential, says the CEO of AVCA.
Op-ed by Abi Mustapha-Maduakor
Macron’s Digital Africa aims to boost Francophone tech

The executive director of Digital Africa talks to us about the unexplored potential of Francophone tech and the barriers that entrepreneurs must overcome.
Stéphan Eloïse Gras in conversation
Making green financing a reality

Rwanda is positioning itself as a hub for green investment as it trials a new instrument to credit check SMEs' green credentials.
Op-ed by Nick Barigye
FOCAC 2021: China and Africa need each other more than ever

The factors that drove China to commit $60bn to African countries at the last FOCAC in 2018 remain as strong as ever, but the outcomes of this year's forum remain uncertain.
Op-ed by Hannah Ryder
Vanessa Nakate takes an African voice to Cop26

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has been taking the message to world leaders at Cop26 that young people feel betrayed by governments’ failure to cut carbon emissions.
Revolutionary NALA app enables internet-free money transfer in East Africa

NALA co-founder Benjamin Fernandes tells us about the Africa-first thinking behind the company's internet-free money transfer app.
Op-ed by Aamera Jiwaji