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THE $143 BILLION QUESTION: CAN AFRICA DEVELOP WITHOUT BREAKING THE PLANET?
The African Court is about to rule on whether climate rules should limit Africa’s right to use oil and gas. Here’s what that actually…

UN Secretary-General Highlights Africa’s $1.6 Trillion Development Financing Gap at Regional Forum
ABIDJAN, April 28, 2026 — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development today, outlining both opportunities and challenges…

THE ROAD THAT COULD CHANGE WEST AFRICA
They call it a highway. I call it a wager. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,…

Women, Jobs and Markets: Unlocking Inclusive Economic Opportunities in Nigeria | Evidence and Policy Forum
The World Bank Gender Innovation Lab and Social Policy in partnership with Nigeria For Women Project and Empower Her is gathering policymakers in Abuja…

DANGOTE’S EAST AFRICA BET: CAN ONE MAN’S REFINERY FIX A CONTINENT’S FUEL CRISIS?
Africa’s richest man is taking his refinery model to East Africa. Here’s what that actually means—for fuel prices, for jobs, and for anyone tired…

The truth about “Green Money”: Why Africa’s capital markets are finally talking the same language
Regulators, bankers, and sustainability experts just gathered in Lagos to figure out how to make “ESG” actually mean something. Here’s what that means for…

Satellites over Addis: How a handshake in Ethiopia is trying to fix African farming from space.
Japan and Ethiopia just signed a declaration to use satellite data for agriculture and mining. Here’s what that actually means—for the farmer on the…

LIGHTS ON: How a €104m bet on Uganda’s grid could change 1.18million lives
The rise of multipolar tensions has redefined how governments negotiate, cooperate, and compete. Major summits,

The Hustle
How the end of the World Bank’s golden consultancy era is flooding the global development market—and why we’re building DevNews.Africa in the wake.

THE $400 BILLION QUESTION: AFRICA’S MONEY, AFRICA’S FUTURE
The African Development Bank just gathered the continent’s financial heavyweights in Abidjan. Here’s what they agreed to and why it matters for anyone under…
