The Trans-Kalahari Corridor connects Namibia's Atlantic port of Walvis Bay to Botswana's Gaborone and South Africa's Gauteng. For Botswana exporters, it offers...
Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, and Rwanda have attracted electronics assembly investment targeting both domestic and export markets. Africa's mobile phone user base...
Supply chain finance platforms are arriving in Africa, allowing large anchor buyers to enable early payment for their supplier networks at rates based on the bu...
Cocoa prices hit 46-year highs in early 2024, then collapsed. The turbulence exposed deep structural vulnerabilities in West Africa's most valuable agricultural...
Africa produces 65 percent of global cassava but uses almost none of it industrially. Cassava starch, ethanol, and flour could substitute for expensive wheat an...
The AfCFTA dispute settlement mechanism provides a structured process for resolving trade disputes between member states. Understanding how it works can protect...
Digital identity systems are the foundation for reducing documentary fraud, enabling e-signatures, and facilitating e-government services that support trade. Af...
The Southern African Development Community's trade protocol has underpinned regional commerce for a generation. A comprehensive review now underway aims to brin...
Zimbabwe's export economy, generating $8 billion in 2023, is recovering through tobacco, gold, and platinum group metal production. Debt resolution and currency...
AfCFTA's rules of origin require African-origin goods to contain at least 35 percent African value-added content to qualify for preferential tariffs. Understand...
Senegal produces up to 1.1 million tonnes of groundnuts annually. New Chinese-Senegalese processing plants and a recovery in global edible oil demand are revivi...
Tanzania's main port has long underperformed relative to its strategic location. A comprehensive privatisation and investment programme is transforming throughp...
Togo's deep-water port at Lomé, logistics free zone, and financial services ambitions are positioning it as West Africa's most dynamic small economy. Preside...
Malawi is one of Africa's most agriculture-dependent economies, with tobacco, tea, and sugar dominating exports. A government diversification strategy is target...
Guinea's Simandou deposit holds 8.6 billion tonnes of high-grade iron ore. Its development, finally underway with a $20 billion investment, is the largest minin...