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H I G H L I G H T S • NIGERIA ON THE BRINK• COVID THIRD WAVE• POLITICAL UPDATE• DARK SIDE OF INDIA IN AFRICA NIGERIA ON THE BRINK Embattled Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari asked the United States for assistance to tackle a spreading wave of insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and secessionist violence that is threatening to undermine Africa’s […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • CHINA’S AFRICA STRATEGY CHINA’S AFRICA STRATEGY Based on the writings of Chinese stategists, Nadege Rolland of the Washington-based National Bureau of Asian Research concludes in the report “A New Great Game? Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking” that Beijing has an emerging, but seemingly informal, […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • NEW CHINA DEBT STORY• GUINEA GAMBIT• COBALT IN THE CONGO• KENYA’S TRAIN OF DEBT• GHANA AND OTHERS• LESSONS FROM INDIA NEW CHINA DEBT STORY China is changing how it provides finance to African governments with a shift to smaller, more targeted loans and grants. State-backed financial institutions like the Export […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • ETHIOPIA UNDER SIEGE• SUDAN’S COUPSTERS• BLINKEN’S TOUR• MOZAMBIQUE ARMS UP• ISLAMIC STATE FACTIONS• DROUGHT AND BRIBES ETHIOPIA UNDER SIEGE Embattled Ethiopian president, Abiy Ahmad, signalled an interest in mediation efforts led by the African Union and the United States as his country’s present civil war completed its first year. Abiy […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • COUPS AND THE KREMLIN• FOURTH COVID WAVE COUPS AND THE KREMLIN While the world’s attention is on the Ukraine, Russia is extending its influence into Francophone regions of the Sahel in countries like Mali and Burkina Faso. The latter two countries recently had coup d’etats against […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • UKRAINE WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT• LOCAL RESPONSES• EUROPE LOOKS TO AFRICAN GAS• POLITICS AND UKRAINE WAR• RUSSIAN MILITARY STEPS• MINING AND MOZAMBIQUE• VAX PLANT TO CLOSE• BITCOIN WARNING• NOT SO JOLLY ROGERS• E-COMMERCE OF BLOOD• TOOZE ON AFRICA UKRAINE WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT The economic repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put paid to hopes […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • SPECIAL FOCUS: AFRICA TECH Four Unicorns Covid lockdowns pushed many Africans to use digital platforms for payments and shopping. Many continue to do so even as the pandemic recedes. This is leading to a frenzy of new products and investments in Africa’s digital economy. […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • SPECIAL FOCUS: AFRICA TECH Four Unicorns Covid lockdowns pushed many Africans to use digital platforms for payments and shopping. Many continue to do so even as the pandemic recedes. This is leading to a frenzy of new products and investments in Africa’s digital economy. […]
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H I G H L I G H T S • UKRAINE WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT• LOCAL RESPONSES• EUROPE LOOKS TO AFRICAN GAS• POLITICS AND UKRAINE WAR• RUSSIAN MILITARY STEPS• MINING AND MOZAMBIQUE• VAX PLANT TO CLOSE• BITCOIN WARNING• NOT SO JOLLY ROGERS• E-COMMERCE OF BLOOD• TOOZE ON AFRICA UKRAINE WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT The economic repercussions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put paid to hopes […]
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INFRASTRUCTURE STIMULUS AU & AFC New Push. The African Union is setting up an infrastructure fund to help bridge the continent’s infrastructure financing deficit of $ 60 to 90 billion a year. Raila Odinga, African Union’s high representative for infrastructure, said the continent was facing infrastructure financing difficulties thanks to donor fatigue and higher debt levels. […]