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…
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…
