Technology
Women Leading Africa's Tech
A major shift is currently underway as women tech builders pivot away from elite software ecosystems to intentionally design products for this informal consumer base.
Agriculture
Females in Africa's Agricultural Spaces
Africa has a huge opportunity to make agriculture its economic driver. However, the potential for this is far from being made exhaustive use of, one reason being that women face considerable difficulties in their economic activities.
Business
A Deal Signed in Lomé: What Africa's Biggest Trade Pact Means When It Meets Concrete and Steel
The AfCFTA-Rendeavour partnership moves Africa's continental trade ambitions off paper and into bricks, roads, and economic zones, but the questions of who benefits, who decides, and who bears the risk remain very much open.
Business
Building Africa, Funded Elsewhere: The Structural Contradiction in African Capital Formation.
The overwhelming majority of capital raised by African startups over the past decade has been structured through holding companies domiciled outside of Africa. Typically, in Delaware, Mauritius, or the Cayman Islands. The innovation is African, but the architecture is not.
African Progress
Mines to Markets: Empowering SMEs Through Extractive Industry Partnerships
Ghana's mining companies are tripling local procurement by investing in SME advisory services, creating a replicable model for inclusive growth across Africa as corporate investment surpasses traditional development aid.