The African Growth and Opportunity Act expires in September 2025. Renewal negotiations are underway. For 35 eligible nations, the programme has shaped investmen...
Export credit agencies from China, India, France, Germany, and the UK are financing billions in African trade annually. Understanding which ECA supports which s...
Senegal achieved first oil production from the Sangomar field in June 2024, becoming West Africa's newest oil exporter. Revenue governance frameworks will deter...
Ethiopia is Africa's largest leather exporter but processes only 15 percent domestically. A government ban on raw hide exports has forced investment in tannerie...
Nigeria is aggressively expanding its special economic zones to attract manufacturing investment and reduce its import bill. Can the strategy work in Africa's l...
Ethiopia is the world's fourth-largest sesame exporter, generating $480 million annually. Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda are also significant producers. China and...
African businesses lost an estimated $4 billion to cybercrime in 2023. Trade finance fraud, business email compromise, and port system attacks are the most dama...
Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and Ethiopia are benefiting from surging global avocado demand. African avocado exports grew 35 percent in 2023 to over 180,000 t...
Found only in a 14-square-kilometre zone near Mount Kilimanjaro, tanzanite's exclusivity commands premium global prices. Tanzania is pushing domestic cutting an...
Murabaha, ijara, and sukuk structures are making trade finance accessible to businesses in North Africa, the Horn, and West Africa's Sahel that require Sharia-c...
Ghana produces over 130 tonnes of gold annually, Africa's highest. A new Gold Board and domestic refining push aim to capture the premium that refined bars comm...
Sub-Saharan Africa spends $3 billion annually importing edible oils from Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. Expanding African sunflower, soybean, and palm oil r...
African diaspora crowdfunding platforms are channelling capital from the 150 million Africans living abroad into trade finance and SME lending on the continent....
Africa's exclusive economic zones cover 13 million square kilometres of ocean. The continent earns less than 7 percent of the value of fish caught in its waters...
African capital markets are increasingly being used to raise trade finance at scale. Afreximbank's $3 billion bond programme and several sovereign sukuk issuanc...