The Beira Corridor connects Mozambique's port of Beira to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, and the DRC. Cyclone damage, infrastructure backlog, and rail underinvestmen...
The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will impose charges on African steel, aluminium, cement, and fertiliser exports from 2026, costing the continent up...
Walvis Bay Container Terminal is Southern Africa's most efficient port and the natural gateway for Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and DRC. The Trans-Kalahari and T...
African air cargo volumes grew 12 percent in 2023 to 1.4 million tonnes. Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa dominate as cargo hubs, serving horticulture, pharmac...
Kenya is Africa's third-largest milk producer at 5.2 billion litres annually. Brookside Dairy and New KCC are expanding across the region, building an East Afri...
Durban Port handles nearly 60% of South Africa's containerised trade, but chronic operational failures are costing the region an estimated $1 billion annually i...
The global shea butter market is growing at 8 to 10 percent annually. Ghana and Burkina Faso export 250,000 tonnes combined but most refining and value addition...
The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS is reshaping trade flows across West Africa. Landlocked nations face new barriers; coastal states ey...
Regulatory technology is reducing the cost and complexity of trade compliance across Africa, covering customs classification, anti-money laundering screening, s...
Tanzania's 804-kilometre coastline and the waters of Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyasa give it enormous blue economy potential. A dedicated blue ec...
The African Development Bank has committed over $5 billion to trade finance initiatives since 2021, deploying risk guarantees and revolving credit facilities ac...
Two-way China-Africa trade reached $282 billion in 2023. Beyond resource exports, manufactured African goods and food products are gaining share in Chinese mark...
Cameroon is Central Africa's most diversified economy, combining oil, gas, cocoa, coffee, timber, and manufacturing. Douala Port serves five landlocked neighbou...
Africa's network of inland container depots has expanded from 12 to over 40 facilities since 2015. ICDs at Nairobi, Lusaka, and Kigali have transformed customs...
Integrated agro-industrial parks combining primary processing, value addition, and export logistics are emerging across Africa, with Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Keny...