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Senegal 2024: First Oil Production and the Resource Governance Imperative

Senegal achieved first oil production from the Sangomar field in June 2024, becoming West Africa's newest oil exporter. Revenue governance frameworks...

Aminata Diouf May 23, 2026 1 min read Read More
Namibia: Green Hydrogen, Critical Minerals, and Africa's Most Ambitious Export Vision

Namibia aims to become one of the world's cheapest green hydrogen producers by 2030, combining exceptional solar and wind resources with deepwater por...

Sandile Dlamini May 01, 2026 2 min read Read More
Côte d'Ivoire: West Africa's Economic Anchor and Trade Gateway

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...

Aicha Coulibaly Apr 28, 2026 2 min read Read More
Zimbabwe: Tobacco, Gold, Platinum, and the Long Recovery

Zimbabwe's export economy, generating $8 billion in 2023, is recovering through tobacco, gold, and platinum group metal production. Debt resolution an...

Blessing Mutasa Apr 09, 2026 2 min read Read More
Togo: West Africa's Emerging Logistics and Trade Finance Hub

Togo's deep-water port at Lomé, logistics free zone, and financial services ambitions are positioning it as West Africa's most dynamic small econom...

Fatou Diallo Apr 06, 2026 2 min read Read More
Malawi: Agriculture-Dependent and Building Toward Trade Diversification

Malawi is one of Africa's most agriculture-dependent economies, with tobacco, tea, and sugar dominating exports. A government diversification strategy...

Tatenda Chikwanda Apr 05, 2026 1 min read Read More
Rwanda's Trade Miracle: How a Landlocked Nation Built an Export Engine

Despite having no coastline and a small domestic market, Rwanda has consistently outperformed regional peers in export growth. The strategy behind the...

Jean-Pierre Habimana Apr 01, 2026 3 min read Read More
Ethiopia's Export Economy: Coffee, Manufacturing, and the Long Road to Trade Surplus

After decades as a byword for aid dependency, Ethiopia has constructed a genuine export economy. Coffee, cut flowers, and manufactured goods are drivi...

Tigist Bekele Mar 23, 2026 2 min read Read More
Botswana: Diamonds, Diversification, and Africa's Most Stable Economy

Botswana transformed diamond wealth into middle-income status over 50 years. A renegotiated De Beers contract and a financial services hub strategy ar...

Sandile Dlamini Mar 17, 2026 2 min read Read More
DRC: Critical Minerals Powerhouse at the Heart of the Energy Transition

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 soar...

Adaeze Okonkwo Mar 17, 2026 2 min read Read More
Mozambique LNG: A $100 Billion Energy Export Project That Changed Everything

Mozambique's Rovuma Basin holds the world's 11th-largest natural gas reserves. TotalEnergies' LNG project, paused in 2021 due to insurgency, is now re...

Tatenda Chikwanda Mar 07, 2026 2 min read Read More
Burkina Faso: Trade Under Pressure and the Corridor Economy's Stakes

Burkina Faso is a major cotton and gold exporter facing severe insecurity in its north. Trade corridors through Abidjan, Lomé, and Cotonou are vita...

Aicha Coulibaly Mar 04, 2026 2 min read Read More
Tanzania's Blue Economy: Fisheries, Tourism, and the Indian Ocean Opportunity

Tanzania's 804-kilometre coastline and the waters of Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyasa give it enormous blue economy potential. A dedicat...

Beatrice Nakato Jan 27, 2026 2 min read Read More
Cameroon: Central Africa's Commercial Giant at an Economic Crossroads

Cameroon is Central Africa's most diversified economy, combining oil, gas, cocoa, coffee, timber, and manufacturing. Douala Port serves five landlocke...

Ngozi Adeyemi Jan 26, 2026 2 min read Read More
Senegal: West Africa's Newest Oil and Gas Economy

Senegal began oil production in 2024 from the Sangomar field and LNG exports from the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim field. These developments transform the cou...

Fatou Diallo Jan 12, 2026 2 min read Read More