The DRC holds 70 percent of global cobalt reserves, 60 percent of global coltan, and enormous copper and gold resources. As battery and EV demand soars, the DRC...
Madagascar supplies 80 percent of global natural vanilla. Prices swung from $600 per kilogram in 2018 to $80 in 2023. A geographic indication framework is being...
Congo Basin timber exports generate $1.2 billion annually across six countries. EU Deforestation Regulation requirements from 2025 are accelerating the shift to...
Africa's informal cross-border trade, valued at $200 billion annually, is financed almost entirely through mobile money, rotating savings groups, and microfinan...
Sub-Saharan Africa's poultry industry is growing at 7 percent annually, driven by urbanisation and rising incomes. Yet most countries remain large importers due...
Open banking regulations requiring financial institutions to share customer data with authorised third parties are being enacted across Africa. They will transf...
Mobile-first AgriTech platforms are transforming how African smallholders access markets, inputs, extension services, and finance. Twiga Foods, Hello Tractor, a...
Lomé Container Terminal is West Africa's only natural deep-water port, capable of receiving the world's largest container vessels without dredging. This geog...
Nigeria consumes 8 million tonnes of rice annually and has spent billions trying to achieve self-sufficiency. Anchor borrowers programmes and local milling inve...
Benin's Port of Cotonou handled 12 million tonnes in 2023 but faces competition from Lomé and Lagos for Nigerian transit cargo. A comprehensive modernisation...
Mozambique's Rovuma Basin holds the world's 11th-largest natural gas reserves. TotalEnergies' LNG project, paused in 2021 due to insurgency, is now resuming, al...
Zambia produced 455,000 tonnes of soybeans in 2023, making it Southern Africa's second-largest producer. Growth is driven by regional demand for protein meals f...
Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal export over 200,000 tonnes of mangoes annually to Europe. Despite strong market demand, post-harvest losses ex...
Tanzania's Kabanga nickel-cobalt deposit and the Eyasi Lithium Project are among East Africa's most significant battery metal assets. Wentworth Resources and Pr...
As the world races to build EV and energy storage supply chains, Africa's lithium, cobalt, manganese, and nickel deposits have become strategic prizes. The ques...