REGIONAL MARKETS
Regionalisation as a Means of Managing Global Economic Risks
Global economic shocks increasingly travel through energy, food, finance, shipping, technology and s...
REGIONAL MARKETS
Kenya Needs 540,000 Tonnes of Maize. Why Is Zambia Supplying It Instead of Tanzania?
Kenya needs to import millions of bags of maize, yet a major 540,000 tonne contract has gone to Zamb...
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Africa's 25 Most Wealthiest Cities in 2026: Johannesburg Still Leads, But East Africa Is Rewriting the Rankings
Africa's private wealth stood at approximately USD 2.5 trillion in investable assets in 2026, distri...
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Africa Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the United States. It Is Also Falling Further Behind in Absolute Terms Every Year. Both of These Statements Are True. Only One of Them Matters for Policy.
In 2025, East Africa is projected to grow at 5.9 percent. The United States is projected to grow at ...
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Ethiopia Opens $50 Million Gold Refinery as Record Exports Reshape the Sector
Ethiopia has opened a US$50 million national precious metals refinery in Addis Ababa with capacity t...
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Regional Merger Control in the Digital Economy Era: Valuation Metrics for Digital Markets, Asset Safeguards and Nexus Tests in the EAC and COMESA Common Markets
As digital businesses reshape mergers and acquisitions across Africa, traditional turnover and asset...
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Ethiopia's Armed Opposition Alliance Adds a New Variable to an Already Fragile Economy
Ethiopia's currency has lost roughly 165% of its value against the dollar since a July 2024 IMF-mand...
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Ethiopia's Agricultural Exports Reach $4.55 Billion in 2025/26 Fiscal Year
Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture reported record agricultural export earnings of $4.55 billion for...
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DRC Signs 30-Year Rail Concession With Mota-Engil for Lobito Corridor
The Democratic Republic of Congo signed a 30-year concession with Mota-Engil Africa on 26 August 202...
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Africa Has 54 Economies. The Investors Reading Them as One Are Not Analysing the Continent. They Are Abstracting It.
The aggregation problem in African investment analysis is not a matter of analytical laziness, thoug...
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Africa Sends 85 Percent of Its Exports Outside the Continent. A Map of Intra-African Trade Percentages Explains Why. Read It Carefully.
The Afreximbank 2024 data visualised in the Africa Trading with Africa map is one of the most analyt...
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Sub-Saharan Africa Has 13 Economies in the World's Top 100 by Purchasing Power. Their Combined Output Is USD 7 Trillion. The Global Economy Is USD 219 Trillion. Do the Division.
The Visual Capitalist chart circulating in April 2026, sourced from the IMF's latest projections, sh...