Senegal is facing a serious debt crisis. The IMF estimated the country’s debt at 132% of GDP at the end of 2024. Debt servicing costs […]
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Climate finance has failed Africa twice over – how to fix it
The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades […]
Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall
The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) has long looked like a barrier to adoption in Africa. Most researchers didn’t expect battery power to become affordable […]
Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall
The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) has long looked like a barrier to adoption in Africa. Most researchers didn’t expect battery power to become affordable […]
How do women entrepreneurs survive in Ghana’s informal economy? We went to a local market to ask them
The informal economy is the basis of everyday economic life across sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana, as in many low- and middle-income contexts, a lot of […]
China’s new tariff-free regime for Africa: the potential upside and downside
China’s President Xi Jinping announced in February 2026 that from 1 May China would be granting zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries. (That is all […]