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Africa: 40% of Skills Will Change by 2030
The skills that got people hired five years ago may not get you hired or keep you competitive by 2030. Nearly 40% of professional skills are expected…
Sahel States and ECOWAS Are Talking Again….. is there a reconciliation in the near future?
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger walked out of ECOWAS in January 2025. On Saturday, they sat down with the bloc again in Dakar and…
HE EL NIÑO ULTIMATUM: WHY AFRICA’S FORESTS ARE NO LONGER IMMUNE TO FIRE
For decades, we operated under a dangerous myth. We believed the African continent was somehow immune to the apocalyptic wildfires devouring the Amazon or…
Beyond the Federal Purse: How Rising State Revenues are Reshaping Nigeria (and where you fit in)
Let us talk about where the money actually lands. For years, Nigerian policy conversations revolved around federal allocations, central bank adjustments, and macroeconomic forecasts…
Shelter Afrique Development Bank Announces a FCFA 60 Billion Sustainable Bond Issuance to Finance Affordable Housing in West Africa
Nairobi, Kenya, 7 October 2026 – Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) today launched its first sustainable bond issuance, worth FCFA 60 billion (approximately USD 100…
THE BLACK SEA EFFECT: WHY A WAR 5,000 MILES AWAY IS EMPTYING LIBERIAN MARKET STALLS
Let us talk about how global supply chains actually work. We scroll past war headlines and assume they are distant. We tell ourselves the…
THE SHIFT: FROM DOING BUSINESS IN AFRICA TO DOING BUSINESS WITH AFRICA
Let us talk about the difference between taking and building. For decades, the global economy has treated Africa as a warehouse. You extract the…
THE $20 MILLION BET: AFRICA’S GREEN HYDROGEN MOMENT IS HERE
Green hydrogen is having a moment. And this week, the African Development Bank put $20 million behind that moment. The Bank announced on September…
Personal AI Takes Root in Africa as More Than 400 Attend ClawCon Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya — September 16, 2026: More than 400 developers, entrepreneurs, technology professionals, students and innovators attended ClawCon Nairobi, Africa’s first community-led personal AI…
BURKINA FASO’S COTTON GAMBLE: FROM RAW FIBER TO FINISHED CLOTHES
Burkina Faso produces cotton. Lots of it. The 2025-2026 campaign yielded 314,293 tonnes of cotton seed, up from 294,507 tonnes the previous year. The…