Fossil Fuels Set to Supply 61% of Africa’s Electricity by 2030, as New Database Exposes Planning Gaps Across 3,139 Power Plants A comprehensive continental audit of Africa’s electricity infrastructure reveals that fossil fuels will continue to dominate power generation through…
A 17 million tonne maize harvest reshapes Southern Africa’s grain trade calculus, but the continent’s export corridors and regional food security architecture remain structurally misaligned. From Shortfall to Surplus: How South Africa’s Grain Position Shifted When South Africa’s 2025/26 maize…
Africa’s Youth Governance Deficit: UNISA Summit Exposes Gap Between AU Institutional Inclusion and Structural Economic Power At a summit marking the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, young African leaders gathered at the University of South Africa (UNISA) to confront…
Youth Civic Disengagement Threatens West Africa’s Democratic Consolidation — A Lesson from South Africa’s 1976 Anniversary As South Africa marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the country’s opposition Democratic Alliance is confronting a structural governance problem that resonates…
Nigeria’s Electricity Tariff Reform Exposes a Regulatory Accountability Gap, Not Just an Energy Crisis When Nigeria’s electricity regulator, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), raised tariffs for Band A consumers by over 240% in April 2024, it framed the decision…
US Rate Hike Fears and Iran Conflict Drive Global Market Volatility, Rattling West African Investment Flows A convergence of geopolitical risk and tightening monetary signals from Washington sent global equity markets lower on Thursday, as fresh US military strikes on…
South Africa’s Beneficiation Mandate Collides With Mining Investment Logic in New Industrial Strategy South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has proposed tying mineral rights allocation to beneficiation conditions, triggering immediate pushback from the Minerals Council and exposing a…
South Africa’s Agricultural Export Ambitions Expose Gaps in Economic Diplomacy and Regional Trade Architecture South Africa’s agribusiness sector is pressing the government to overhaul its trade diplomacy infrastructure and restructure its obligations within the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), as…
OPEC+ Output Increases Offer Little Relief as Hormuz Closure Reshapes West African Fuel Import Costs An OPEC+ decision to raise production quotas by 188,000 barrels per day from July has done little to ease oil prices trading near US$93 per…
As African economies continue to pursue deeper integration and long-term development objectives, the role of private-sector institutions in supporting education, community resilience, and human capital development is receiving increasing attention. Alongside public investment and international development programmes, a growing number…
