AfDB, Bank of Africa Tanzania sign $7.5m trade finance guarantee to boost SME and intra-Africa trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility aimed at ...
African News
Business
JSE top 40 plunges 2% amid global trade tensions and domestic coalition uncertainty – Can markets stabilize?
South Africa’s equity market faced another turbulent session on Wednesday, with the JSE FTSE Top 40 Index tumbling 2% to close at 75,690 ...
News
11th Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to focus on driving jobs and economic growth
The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) is set to take place in Kampala, Uganda, from April 9 ...
Editorial
AfDB, Bank of Africa Tanzania sign $7.5m trade finance guarantee to boost SME and intra-Africa trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility aimed at ...
News
The biggest lie in geography is about Africa—And it’s time to correct it
For centuries, the world has been misled about Africa’s true size. The Mercator map—one of the most widely used world maps—has shrunk the ...
Business
South African equities retreat as JSE Top 40 dips below 82K amid political uncertainty, US tariff jitters
South African Stocks Slump on Political Risks, US Trade Tensions; Tech Sector Defies Trend. JSE Top 40 falls 1.2% as financials, industrials reel; ...
NGX tops 106K as health tech & non-oil exports surge 25%; Nigeria unveils AfCFTA growth plan
Nigeria’s equity market extended its rally as the NGX All Share Index breached the critical 106,000 threshold, closing at 106,124 points with a ...
People & Politics
Article
The urgency of an emergency – Housing crisis is a ticking time bomb
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant ...
Article
Nigeria: A nation unto itself?
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE One reason many Nigerians voted for the All-Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a ...
Article
Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution
Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the continent. According to the World Health Organisation’s ...
Arts
The rise of contemporary African art in a global market
By Marelize van Zyl, CEO at Aspire Art The art historical narrative, traditionally skewed towards Western perspectives, has long undervalued African art, limiting ...
Article
Leadership – Africa’s missing link to transformation
… A Nigerian Perspective By Moses Braimah Africa is blessed with abundant resources, immense talent, and a youthful population bursting with potential. Yet, ...
Article
Nigeria and the part of our past (1)
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE On October 1, 1999, I wrote an article titled ‘The Ethical Imperative of Governance’ in one of Nigeria’s leading national ...
Article
The Rivers emergency dilemma!
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Rivers State is now under emergency rule, and it’s likely to remain so for the next six months, unless a ...
Article
2027: A crossroads of choice
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE We are at midterm, which means that the next electoral cycle has already started. Unfortunately, governance will begin to slow ...
Article
Solutions to TB and HIV benefit all of us, North and South
By Monicah Otieno, PhD. In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is ...
Article
June 12, annulled dreams and the unending agony
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE June 12, 1993 marked a significant setback for Nigeria, harking back to the January 15, 1966, coup-d’etat. This unfortunate event ...
Business & Economy
Business
NGX tops 106K as health tech & non-oil exports surge 25%; Nigeria unveils AfCFTA growth plan
Nigeria’s equity market extended its rally as the NGX All Share Index breached the critical 106,000 threshold, closing at 106,124 points with a ...
Business
Ghana: World Bank-backed projects drive crippling debt and fossil fuel dependency
World Bank funding of about $2 billion in oil & gas projects has supported deeply harmful fossil and energy investments in Ghana Foreign-led, expensive ...
Business
JSE Top 40 eyes 83,000 as inflation dips: Tech sectors surge, healthcare slumps
South African equities hover near record levels as cooling inflation fuels cautious optimism, with the JSE Top 40 Index holding firm at 82,614 ...
Business
From Aid to Investment: Africa Investment Forum accelerates $225B push to make the continent bankable
The Africa Investment Forum (AIF) has cemented its role as a premier global platform for unlocking investment in Africa, with more than $225 ...
Business
Raised tariffs affecting your business? Industry expert weighs in
Recent business statistics suggest global business optimism is declining and could be a result of many attributing factors such as trade policy uncertainties, ...
