Trade & Investment

Lack of infrastructure has been one of the biggest drags on Nigeria’s development. Can the government’s latest spending plans make a difference?

Covid-19 has impacted on sales, but many big industry players remain confident of prospects in what should remain the world’s fastest growing market.

Vera Songwe is Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations, and Executive Secretary at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Two years ago, in March 2019, Vera Songwe spoke to the Oxford Business School in the UK about the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). She beg…

Mike Moon profiles the new president of CAF and asks whether the mining magnate can revive the continent's ambition of becoming a football powerhouse.

Renewable energies provide unique opportunities for cooperation between Brazil and Africa, says Brazil Africa Institute president João Bosco Monte.

The pandemic's disruption of global supply chains and the race for a vaccine, has added new urgency to the need for African economies to become more productive, South Africa's former trade and industry minister Rob Davies says.

Angola’s struggling economy was hit hard by the fall in crude oil prices brought about by Covid-19, but the authorities have responded robustly and the country’s reform programme is still moving forward.

Turkish engagement in Africa is expanding rapidly, extending beyond economic outreach to encompass business, aid, diplomacy, culture and military support.

The fortunes of China and Africa have diverged considerably. Gyude Moore highlights three crucial lessons Africa can learn from China’s success.

The IMF has called for South Africa to rein in fiscal deficits and reform its SOEs, but Pretoria's focus is on four interventions to stimulate growth. Will the strategy work?