Africa

Thoughts on Africa’s manufacturing sector from a panel discussion at last week’s World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Kigali,...

Economic growth across the region is likely to remain slower in coming years than it has been over the past...

Background The narrative of Africa rising has overwhelmingly focused on hard economic data to support the proposition being put forth...

As the fireworks explode in clusters over the lagoon in Abidjan, the great grandchildren of independence-era leaders Kwame Nkrumah and...

It’s already Nigeria’s largest city, but it’s still growing – and fast. The population of Lagos is predicted to increase...

Who doesn’t love ‘easy business in Africa’?! If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I...

Tumbling commodity prices and falling Chinese demand have hit African economies hard. But for all the bad news, the continent’s...

PwC recently published a report highlighting the prospects in the retail and consumer goods sector in ten sub-Saharan countries –...

Fixing Africa’s failing education systems should be seen as a top economic policy priority First the bad news. After fifteen...

“IS ANYONE here actually hoping to make any money, or are you all just trying to minimise your losses?” The...