Features
The Last Internet Battlefield
By drone or by cable, Google, Facebook and other tech giants are vying to unlock Africa’s trove of potential subscribers who still lack internet access.
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Features
Can Microlenders Make A Comeback?
Once hailed as a game-changer for the impoverished, microlenders are falling behind in the digital race while online lenders and commercial banks poach their turf.
Features
Development Lenders Plug Gap
The global pandemic is holding back Africa’s essential infrastructure development. Some creative private sector and multilateral solutions promise to ease the crisis.
Features
Morocco Plots Its Comeback
The government unveiled an ambitious economic recovery package. But with a flagging tourism industry and declining FDI, worries persist.
Features
Resilience and Hope
Covid-19’s impact has not been as great in Africa as on other continents. But governments are still looking for ways to return to rapid growth.
Features
The Anglophones Are Coming
Companies based in English-speaking Africa are investing in their Francophone neighbors, with tech companies leading the way.
News
Emerging Markets After Covid
Emerging and developing economies will likely be hardest hit by Covid-19. Rebuilding will require addressing preexisting conditions as well as the new ones.
Country Report
Ghana: Bracing For Contraction
With an election looming, Ghana’s economy grapples with a pandemic, falling oil revenues, a nagging fiscal deficit and the imperative to diversify.
Features
Nigeria’s Exchange-Rate Crisis
Will a brutal decline in the Naira force the country to finally end its multiple-exchange-rate system?
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Rwanda: Future Uncertain
Rwanda faces its past and securing post-pandemic economic growth.
Features
Google’s Africa Trial Balloons Up In The Air In Kenya
Google wants to solve Kenya's 5G problem while most Kenyans would be happy to get 3G.