Zanzibar produces 75 percent of Tanzania's clove output, historically one of the world's most valuable spices. A revival programme is targeting premium organic...
Africa's trade finance gap stands at $82 billion annually according to the African Development Bank, nearly double the global average rate of rejection. We exam...
Sub-Saharan Africa's plastics sector is growing at 8 percent annually, driven by food packaging demand. South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya host the largest indust...
Namibia aims to become one of the world's cheapest green hydrogen producers by 2030, combining exceptional solar and wind resources with deepwater port capacity...
Ghana's 1D1F programme has established 111 factories across 261 districts, mobilising GHS 4.5 billion in investment. Agro-processing leads the results, but powe...
Africa imports over $4 billion in fertilisers annually despite having natural gas for urea production and phosphate deposits in Morocco. Domestic manufacturing...
Africa imports $3 billion in paper products annually despite having forestry resources. South Africa's Sappi and Mondi are world-class producers but the contine...
Côte d'Ivoire is West Africa's most diversified economy and its fastest-growing large nation, averaging 7 percent GDP growth since 2012. Abidjan is positioni...
Tunisia and Morocco together produce 450,000 tonnes of olive oil annually. Tunisia is the world's second-largest olive oil exporter. Premium extra-virgin grades...
South Africa holds 90 percent of global platinum group metal reserves. Hydrogen fuel cell demand is creating a structural new demand floor for platinum that cou...
The African Exchanges Linkage Project is connecting seven African stock exchanges to allow cross-border share trading. Digital platforms are expanding retail in...
South Africa assembles over 600,000 vehicles annually and exports 350,000 to 100 countries. As the global auto industry transitions to EVs, South Africa faces b...
Kenya's SGR and Tanzania's TAZARA successor are transforming East African freight economics. Rail's lower cost per tonne-kilometre offers a long-term competitiv...
Kenya is the world's third-largest exporter of cut flowers and a dominant supplier of fresh vegetables to Europe. The industry that built itself in three decade...
The AfCFTA Protocol on Trade in Services covers five priority sectors. Its financial services and transport chapters could add $50 billion annually in intra-Afr...