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Kenya is advancing as a regional digital leader, with plans to connect an additional 100,000 institutions through fibre optics by 2025. 

Kenya’s ICT ministry backs local innovation to scale ventures across Africa

The continent hosts over 70 per cent of the world’s cobalt, alongside lithium, graphite, manganese, and rare earths, all critical for EV batteries. 

Africa’s EV value chain to drive the next phase of industrial growth

As Africa continues to grow economically and urbanise rapidly, the need for reliable and sustainable energy solutions has never been more pressing. 

Can Africa leapfrog the grid?

Rwanda successfully cut poverty rates to 27.4 per cent in 2024 marking a 12.4 cut in percentage points. 

Taking stock of Rwanda’s economic roadmap 

East Africa’s real estate is shifting toward logistics, student housing, and healthcare. With funding gaps growing, blended finance has emerged as a key alternative. 

Real estate investment trends in East Africa

As Africa pushes toward digitising its economies, the promise of a cashless future is gaining momentum. 

A cashless continent

From reducing the cost of care to opening new markets for health tech investors, the digital health revolution is a frontier for both public policy and private capital as Africa races toward Universal Health Coverage.

The investment case for digital health in Africa

Kenya’s equity markets are facing pressure, with the Nairobi All-Share Index down 0.4 per cent due to selloffs in major banks and ex-dividend adjustments. 

Ex-dividend pressures, foreign inflows and liquidity challenges in Kenyan markets

Food-system stakes across Africa have never been higher. With the Kampala CAADP Declaration now signed, the African Union has set an ambitious Strategy and Action Plan for 2026-2035: mobilise $100 billion.

AU unveils CAADP Action Plan 2035 

In just four months, the average United States effective tariff has vaulted from about 2 per cent to more than 22  per cent.

Tariff turbulence spurs Africa supply shifts

Rwanda is stepping up its efforts to digitalize legal services, with the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) launching a new E-Case Management System.

KIAC’s new e-case platform powers Rwanda’s business ambitions

Ethiopia anticipates a preliminary agreement on the third review of its $3.4 billion IMF loan program and plans to commence formal debt talks with bondholders this summer. 

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