The Integration Deficit at the Heart of Southern Africa South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed a blunt diagnosis on the table. Sixteen SADC member states, commanding a combined population of nearly 400 million people and sitting atop some of…
Since 2017, UAE entities have announced more than US$168 billion in projects across Africa, spanning renewable energy, digital infrastructure, logistics, mining and agriculture. The scale is striking, but the more consequential question for West African policymakers and regional institutions is…
Across West Africa, a structural tension is sharpening between the region’s most significant demographic asset and the institutional frameworks that govern access to education, employment, and economic participation. With more than 60 percent of West Africa’s population under the age…
When the National Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria suspended onion exports to Ghana, four Ghanaian trucks loaded with produce sat stranded at the border, and markets across Accra began to feel the pressure of tightening supply. The episode,…
A single transaction has just repositioned one of West Africa’s most significant gold corridors. Fortuna Mining Corp, listed on both the NYSE and TSX, has acquired the Bambadji gold project in Senegal from two of the sector’s heavyweights: Barrick Mining…
The Productive Capacity Deficit at the Heart of West African Development Across West Africa, a persistent and measurable gap separates official growth narratives from household economic reality. Governments from Accra to Abuja announce industrial parks, digital corridors and investment frameworks,…
President William Ruto’s call for Kenyans to begin designing a national development framework beyond Vision 2030 has triggered the predictable cycle of partisan endorsement and reflexive opposition, but the deeper institutional question it raises goes largely unaddressed: whether Kenya possesses…
What is actually happening at Kenya’s political rallies? Kenya’s political gatherings have undergone a structural transformation. What were once forums for policy debate and civic mobilisation have become transactional exchanges, where crowds demand cash payments before listening to speeches, allowing…
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…
When Aime Iradukunda, a top-performing student from Mityana District in Uganda, received his acceptance letter from Harvard College, he described the moment as one of complete disbelief. He had applied to 14 universities, calibrated his expectations downward, and still arrived…
