Africa holds approximately 30% of the world’s critical mineral reserves, making the continent indispensable to green industrialisation and the global energy transition. However, beyond being a major ...

The looting of Africa by its elites with the witting or unwitting complicity of overseas partners is an old, sad song. Looters are flexible and clever. As Britain and France tighten the screws on ...

In September 2023, Nigeria was upbeat after Emirates Airlines agreed to resume direct flights to the country. This came after an 11-month hiatus, the root cause of which was an inability to repatriate ...

For global companies, Africa’s promise has long been tempered by a persistent operational myth: that the continent is not ready for complex business. The reality is different, however. The barrier isn ...

Money and jobs. That's part of what China has offered African nations at a summit in Beijing this week - that and a vision of a united Global South led by China and free of Western pressure. NPR's ...

Lately they have focused on making it easier to move money into, out of and around African countries. Demand for ...