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Reports & rankings
Africa wants to make 60% of its own vaccines. Here's the build-out.
Eight plants, three regulators and a financing gap. A status report on the continent's pharmaceutical manufacturing push.
Ranking Africa's research universities by output that matters
Citations, patents, doctoral pipelines and funding per researcher across 120 institutions.
Water security in the Sahel is an economic story
Irrigation, groundwater mapping and the cost of adaptation across five countries.
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Africa's single market, five years in: what actually changed
The AfCFTA promised one market of 1.4 billion people. We audited tariff schedules, port data and trade flows to see where the promise is landing.
The Lagos–Abidjan corridor is becoming West Africa's spine
A 1,000km highway, four borders and a customs union in progress. Inside the most consequential infrastructure project in the region.
African fintech's consolidation decade has begun
Funding is down, licences are harder, and the winners are buying. A map of the acquisitions reshaping payments across seven markets.
How the CFA franc actually works
Two currencies, fourteen countries, one peg. A clear explanation of the monetary arrangement that still divides economists.
Namibia bet on green hydrogen. The first shipments are near.
Inside the Tsau //Khaeb project, the offtake agreements and the water question nobody has solved yet.
Nairobi: the complete 2026 city guide
Where to stay, how to move, what things cost, and the neighbourhoods worth your time — written by people who live there.
The economics of Nollywood in the streaming era
Output is up, margins are thinner, and global platforms changed who gets paid. We modelled the numbers behind 400 releases.
Africa wants to make 60% of its own vaccines. Here's the build-out.
Eight plants, three regulators and a financing gap. A status report on the continent's pharmaceutical manufacturing push.
Starting a company in Rwanda: the practical guide
Registration in six hours, tax regimes, work permits and the incentives that are real versus marketed.
The new sovereign debt playbook for African borrowers
Common Framework fatigue, private creditors and domestic markets. What restructuring looks like in 2026.
The Great Rift Valley, explained
A continent slowly splitting apart — and the lakes, volcanoes and fossil beds it produced along the way.
Ranking Africa's research universities by output that matters
Citations, patents, doctoral pipelines and funding per researcher across 120 institutions.
By rail from Cape Town to Victoria Falls
Four days, three borders and one of the great railway journeys left on earth. Costs, bookings and what to expect.
What is the African Union — and what can it actually do?
55 members, one Commission, and a mandate that ranges from trade to peacekeeping. The powers and the limits.
Mobile money processed more than $1.4 trillion. What comes next?
Interoperability, agent economics and the regulatory shift from access to competition.
Water security in the Sahel is an economic story
Irrigation, groundwater mapping and the cost of adaptation across five countries.
East African fashion is building a real export industry
From Kampala studios to Milan showrooms: the supply chains, the financing and the brands scaling up.
Why does Africa have 54 countries?
Borders drawn in Berlin, independence negotiated in fifty capitals, and the modern politics of recognition.
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