From collapsing cocoa prices to a new $40m pasta plant in Accra, Olam is repositioning itself for a more challenging era in ...

Gabon steps up its courtship of the Donald Trump administration and private investors this week with a ministerial delegation ...

Real-time revelations of rot in the highest ranks of police have kept South Africans transfixed like a soap opera. Here is ...

Jacob Zuma has a large family and appears to enjoy working with them, but their political appointments often prove as ...

The oil crisis sparked by the war in the Middle East threatens to trigger an economic shock across the continent, leading to inflation and reduced budget margins. Here’s our analysis in infographics.

Rising liquefied natural gas costs and shipping risks in the Gulf could push up electricity prices for gas-dependent African power systems.

The data is clear: closing gender gaps in entrepreneurship boosts GDP and deepens economic resilience. But to achieve this means moving beyond one-off sponsorships, events and awards towards ...

Professionalising through private equity and leadership overhauls, Kenya’s top retailers Naivas and Quickmart are trading family control for corporate scale to dominate the East African market.

A highly addictive cheap drug called kush, originating in Sierra Leone, is rapidly spreading in West Africa, according to a report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime ...

As the 2026 elections approach, Zambia faces a critical choice between continued IMF-driven austerity that burdens the poor ...

Horn states side with Gulf monarchies, South Africa and Senegal invoke international law and West Africa treads carefully; ...

At the end of December, the British group Diageo confirmed its retreat from the continent by announcing the sale of its ...