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…
On 28 July, two of Uganda’s most senior technocrats — Dr Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, and Irene Bateebe, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Energy — formally joined the board of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC),…
The African Continental Free Trade Area has been operational in principle since 2021, yet intra-African trade remains stubbornly low — hovering around 15 to 17 percent of total African exports, compared to roughly 60 percent within Europe and 58 percent…
The number is deceptively modest. Three hundred and sixty-six contentious cases in two decades — a figure that, on its surface, might suggest a court of limited reach. But for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, each case…
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…
When a Kenyan industrial energy firm scores 87.5 points on B Lab’s rigorous B Impact Assessment, clearing the 80-point certification threshold, the result is more than a badge of corporate virtue. It is a data point in a live experiment:…
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…
Kenya Reinsurance Corporation’s move to establish physical offices in Dar es Salaam and Kigali signals a concrete institutional bet on East African market integration, one that carries implications for how reinsurance capacity is built, regulated, and distributed across the region.…
A targeted diplomatic intervention by Accra has unlocked a bilateral agricultural trade dispute with Ouagadougou, restoring egg exports and tomato imports while setting in motion a formal governance architecture for managing future commercial frictions. A Quiet Disruption Along a Critical…
