Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan launched a second investigative commission on Friday to determine criminal responsibility for the violence that convulsed the country during and after its 2025 general election, a move that places the integrity of Tanzanian judicial institutions…
The sand that lines the banks of the White Volta River has long been both a resource and a fault line. For communities in Northern Ghana’s Nawuni sub-catchment, it represents income, construction material, and a livelihood that thousands of families…
A Continental Listing With Structural Implications Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, the Lagos-based refinery that has already reshaped Nigeria’s position in regional fuel markets, is preparing what would be Africa’s largest-ever initial public offering, targeting $5 billion in fresh…
By Elikplim Agbitor, RSPO Head, Africa, Market Transformation When the European Union formally adopted the Deforestation Regulation in June 2023, the immediate reaction across West African commodity sectors was one of alarm. Exporters in Ghana’s palm oil belt and cocoa-growing…
Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on Sunday that his government will reduce the cost of fertiliser and seeds for farmers hit by below-average rainfall, framing the intervention as an emergency measure to protect food production ahead of the anticipated September-October…
When a national police service finalises its annual recruitment cycle, what is actually being tested is not merely the fitness of individual candidates, but the institutional credibility of the state itself. Ghana’s Police Service is now in the concluding phase…
A Continent Urbanising Faster Than Its Institutions Can Adapt More than 700 million Africans now live in urban areas, a figure projected to reach approximately 1.4 billion by 2050, with roughly 80% of the continent’s population growth over the coming…
A Structural Shift in African Payment Architecture The People’s Bank of China’s decision to designate Standard Bank Group and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as operators of Africa’s first Renminbi clearing hub is not merely a bilateral…
On a humid morning in Accra’s Makola Market, a fabric trader named Abena settles a bulk order from a supplier in Kumasi without touching a single banknote. The transaction clears in seconds, logged across a network that now holds GH¢40…
Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has drawn a firm institutional line between government service and internal party competition, refusing any extensions for appointees who missed a May 2026 resignation deadline required to contest party elections. The decision tests whether…
What actually happened in Rabat on Sunday? Kenya’s Harambee Starlets opened their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) campaign with a 4-0 defeat to hosts Morocco in a Group A fixture played at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in…
In a modest church hall on the outskirts of Nairobi, a pastor listens. A woman sits across from her, voice low, recounting what happened in her home the night before. The pastor is not a police officer, a social worker,…
When the football federations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formally submitted a joint bid to host the 2032 Africa Cup of Nations, they did more than enter a continental sporting competition. They placed a direct institutional question before the…
Kenya and Ghana have opened formal discussions on a bilateral health partnership covering Universal Health Coverage architecture, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and digital health infrastructure, with both governments signaling intent to translate diplomatic engagement into concrete institutional programmes. The talks took place…
In the last week of July, Accra will become the temporary seat of a continental ambition. African heads of state and government are scheduled to convene on 21 and 22 July for the African Union’s first-ever Extraordinary Health Summit, a…
