ECOWAS Moves to Draw Private Capital Into Industry
The ECOWAS Business Council has unveiled an initiative to mobilise private sector investment for regional industrialisation across West Africa. The announcement comes as the bloc pursues a broader agenda of economic inte…
Economy
ECOWAS Moves to Draw Private Capital Into Industry
The ECOWAS Business Council has unveiled an initiative to mobilise private sector investment for regional industrialisation across West Africa. The an…
Botswana and South Africa Deepen Economic and Tourism Ties
Along the wide, sunlit stretch of highway between Gaborone and Pretoria, buses and freight trucks pass in steady procession, carrying goods, workers, …
Cameroon’s Industrial Ambitions Take Shape Across Strategic Economic Zones
In a nation long tethered to the export of raw commodities, a new industrial vision is beginning to take hold. Cameroon is investing heavily in purpose-built industrial zones designed to anchor manufacturing at home, cre…
Cabo Verde Takes Strategic Steps to Strengthen Fiscal Sustainability and Create Fiscal Space
PRAIA – The Government of Cabo Verde (GoCV) is undertaking a series of reforms to strengthen fiscal sustainability and accelerate inclusive economic g…
Benin’s Measured Ascent: How a West African Nation Is Building Its Economic Future
By Robert Stales In the narrow, bustling streets of Cotonou, container trucks rumble toward the port while roadside vendors balance baskets of fresh p…
Uganda’s sugarcane boom leaves families hungry: what needs to change
Women in Uganda’s sugarcane-growing Busoga region must feed their families but have little control over land or income. Fairer contracts could help change this.…
Economic Growth in Burundi — Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
In the highland nation of Burundi, economic ambition exists alongside deep-seated structural challenges. Landlocked and densely populated, the East Af…
Algeria’s Energy Crossroads: Balancing Oil Wealth with a Shifting Global Market
In the sunbaked expanses of the Sahara, pipelines stretch across the horizon like metallic veins, channeling the oil and gas that have long sustained …
The Role of Agriculture in Burundi’s Economy — From Subsistence to Sustainability
On the terraced hillsides of Burundi, morning light falls across neat rows of cassava, maize, and beans—crops that sustain not only the nation’s kitchens but much of its economy. In this small, landlocked East African co…
Africa Unveils Agricultural Adaptation Roadmap to 2036
A landmark continent-wide assessment presented at FAO headquarters sets out Africa's pathway for sustainable and resilient agriculture, identifying at…
Angola’s Economic Crossroads: Reform, Resilience, and the Road Ahead
By Robert Stales In the wake of decades defined by oil wealth and its volatile cycles, Angola is attempting one of the most ambitious economic recalib…
