health
Health ministers from West and Central Africa have recently advanced discussions on strengthening health financing systems, with a focus on improving primary healthcare delivery and building more sustainable funding models.
Nature and Sustainability
Rising global oil prices have increased pressure on African economies this week, pushing up transport and logistics costs across multiple markets. Businesses in several countries reported higher operating expenses as fuel-related inflation continues to feed through supply chains.
Agriculture
Food security in Africa is increasingly being shaped less by farm output alone and more by the infrastructure that moves, stores, and finances it. Transport bottlenecks and weak storage capacity continue to limit how efficiently food moves from farms to markets.
Finance and Investment
Africa’s fintech momentum may still be strong, but global market conditions are beginning to slow how aggressively companies move toward public listings. Airtel Africa this week confirmed it is postponing the planned IPO of Airtel Money
Press Release
More than 1,000 participants from over 80 countries, including ministers, policymakers, educators, business leaders, innovators, practitioners and development partners, will gather in Accra from 3-5 June 2026 for the 19th edition of eLearning Africa.
Finance and Investment
Africa's financial systems, digital infrastructure and fintech architecture are being designed today. The question nobody is asking loudly enough: are Africans designing these systems, or just building them for someone else?
Finance and Investment
By the third day of the 3i Africa Summit 2026, the conversation had evolved in a way that felt almost inevitable. The summit had arrived at the question that had always been lurking, the one that nobody in a convening of this kind wants to ask: whose Africa is it anyway?
The government of Ghana announced that the renewal of the Tarkwa mining lease held by Gold Fields would not be automatic and would instead be subjected to a stricter review process.
Across the continent, unreliable or nonexistent power continues to limit agricultural productivity, weaken value chains, and constrain industrial growth. This reality placed energy access at the center of discussions during the African Development Bank Annual Meetings.
Across Africa’s financial landscape, capital is increasingly being judged not only by returns, but by resilience, governments, and development institutions are now paying closer attention to how money flows into projects that can withstand climate shocks, energy transitions, and long-term pressures.
Investment in data centers emerged as one of Africa’s most important technology stories this week, reflecting growing demand for the infrastructure powering the continent’s digital economy.
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Technology
Forty-six percent, that is the share of African adults who remain entirely outside the formal financial system. Set it alongside the headline numbers the $2 trillion in mobile money transactions, the 66% share of global mobile money value and what you get is not a success story.
Finance and Investment
Africa’s ambition to build a fully integrated digital economy is gaining renewed momentum as governments, regulators and industry leaders intensify efforts to harmonise systems, reduce cross-border transaction costs and strengthen digital infrastructure to unlock continental trade.
health
Ghana became one of the more high-profile withdrawals when talks over a proposed $109 million, five-year US aid package collapsed after Washington allegedly demanded access to Ghanaian citizens' personal data.
health
More than 10 million children have been reached in coordinated polio vaccination campaigns across Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Namibia, marking a significant step in ongoing efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent.
Agriculture
The ADF is supporting food security and rural livelihoods in Sudan through a multi-million-dollar grant programme aimed at addressing the combined impacts of conflict, climate shocks, and economic disruption.