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Africa
The continent, region by region — what is moving and why it matters.
Kenya 2027: AI, Gen Z and the New Electoral Battleground
How artificial intelligence, youth activism and digital influence could reshape one of Africa’s most consequential elections.
What a single market means for small exporters
Rules of origin, customs and the fine print that decides who benefits.
Power pools and the quiet work of keeping the lights on
Cross-border electricity trade is maturing. Can the grids keep up?
The farms adapting fastest to a changing climate
Seed systems, water and finance at the frontline of adaptation.
Building the digital rails of public service
Identity, payments and data: the new infrastructure of the state.
Why regional blocs are becoming Africa's first responders
Mediation, mandates and the limits of collective diplomacy.
Capturing more value from the coffee cup
Processing, branding and the push to keep more of the margin at home.
Forests, finance and the carbon market question
Who benefits when nature becomes an asset class?
Skills for an economy still being built
Universities, apprenticeships and the jobs of the next decade.
Deepening the continent's capital markets
Pension funds, exchanges and the search for long-term local capital.
Africa's cities are growing up, and out
Housing, transit and the planning decisions that last a century.
North Africa and the Mediterranean energy bridge
Wind, sun and the cables that could link two continents.
The savanna economy: tourism, conservation and community
Balancing livelihoods and landscapes in the continent's iconic wild places.
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