When a listed Ghanaian manufacturer triples its net profit in a single half-year, the figure demands more than a headline. FanMilk Ghana’s 214% jump in net profit to GH¢81.9 million for the six months ending June 2026, set against revenue…
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…
The Ghana Police Service has signalled a clear shift in how it intends to govern digital public discourse, with Inspector General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno announcing that law enforcement will actively prosecute individuals who publish religiously inflammatory content on…
Ghana’s cocoa regulator has moved to close a structural gap that has quietly undermined the sector’s supply chain for years. The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has formally prohibited Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) from purchasing cocoa beans from farmers on credit,…
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…
A 241-acre waterfront redevelopment project in Accra, stalled for years by institutional inertia, funding gaps, and governance lapses, has become the clearest test yet of Ghana’s capacity to structure credible public-private partnerships for large-scale infrastructure. The Marine Drive Project, led…
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…
