The 2026 edition of the World Economic Forum opens on 19 January against a backdrop of heightened global tension. Which ...

An IMF forecast reveals the continent will be home to more high-growth economies—expanding by at least 6%—than any other in 2026. South Sudan and Guinea, each projected for double-digit growth, powere ...

Since taking effect in 2021, the AfCFTA has made progress on protocols and pilot trading arrangements, but integration still ...

The idea that rural Africans are self-sufficient subsistence farmers who grow what they eat and eat what they grow was only ever partly true. But it is becoming less relevant with each passing year.

Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging ...

Historian Bronwen Everill's book takes a look at how economics in Africa has been shaped by Western powers, with very little ...

In recent years, African countries have been dealing with inflation in various ways, each influenced by internal and external factors. Business Insider Africa presents 10 largest economies in Africa ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -African officials and business executives are fretting over the impending expiry of a crucial, duty-free trade programme with the United States at the end of September, without any ...

Is South Africa turning the corner? Data shows early signs of economic recovery By Chris Hattingh IS the South African ...

Ministers from the world's top economies heralded plans to boost development in Africa on Saturday, at an otherwise fractious G20 gathering in Germany. Berlin, which holds the presidency of the ...

Earlier this month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told an audience of 51 African leaders that China’s ties with their continent were the “best in history”. Indeed, at the China-Africa summit, Beijing ...