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…
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:…
Ghana’s Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has staked out a governance position on artificial intelligence in the country’s classrooms, arguing that the technology must be subordinated to pedagogical goals rather than permitted to reshape learning outcomes by default. His remarks,…
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…
