creative Industry
The projections defining Africa’s creative economy most notably its trajectory toward a $200 billion valuation by 2030 are frequently covered in the language of inevitability. Recent milestones reinforce this narrative.
Governance
Renewed xenophobic attacks in parts of South Africa have once again placed migrants protection and regional stability at the centre of continental discussions, prompting several African governments to issue warnings and advisories to their citizens living in or travelling to the country.
creative Industry
Africa’s creative industries are becoming globally visible, but industry leaders say the business infrastructure behind that growth is still lagging. That imbalance shaped conversations at Craft Addis 2026 in Addis Ababa, where stakeholders examined the future of advertising, media, and storytelling
Technology
Fintech in Africa is expanding quickly, but the conversation is increasingly about what is needed to sustain that growth. That framing shaped discussions at the 3i Africa Fintech Summit in Accra, where regulators, investors, founders, and institutions met to assess the sector’s current direction.
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.
At the 81st UN General Assembly, African leaders made an argument repeated at every session for years. The continent sits in the Security Council's agenda yet it has no permanent place at its table.
The release of The DPI 50, a global initiative published by Apolitical in partnership with the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on GovTech and Digital Public Infrastructure. Designed to spotlight fifty public-sector leaders delivering measurable, citizen-centered digital systems at scale.
Africa pays for how it is seen. A rating decides what a road, a clinic or a market stall costs to build. Mauritius has launched an agency to look closer. Will anyone in Africa's last mile feel the difference?
Despite giving so much to the world, African nations have spent years relying on external financial aid, loans, and foreign development grants simply to fund domestic budgets. Over the decades, this relationship has evolved from post-colonial aid packages into a complex web of global dependency.
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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?
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.