Africa sits at the centre of the global race for minerals that will power the world’s future yet historically, Africans have ...

This year’s edition drew financial backing from 32 global private-sector organisations, double the number present in 2024—a clear indicator of the Forum’s expanding global stature.

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s capital elected a new mayor two weeks after a multiparty coalition that had ruled the city collapsed, removing Cilliers Brink from the post. Nasiphi Moya, a member of ...

For decades, African economies grappled with limited private investment flows, constrained by perceptions of high risk, weak regulatory systems, and insufficient project preparation.

African startup funding has seen a significant decline of more than 50% over the past three quarters compared to the previous year, as reported by The Big Deal. To date, startups on the continent have ...

Al Mada Holding Group is one of Africa’s largest private investment funds. The Casablanca-headquartered private holding operates in different fields, such as banking, telecommunications, renewable ...

African private capital fundraising more than doubled to $4.0 billion in 2024, representing the third highest final close value on the continent in the last decade. The 2024 African Private Capital ...

The first Africa Climate Summit, held in Nairobi in 2023, was a turning point. It lit the fuse to launch a collaborative, climate-resilient, and prosperous Africa. This week, as leaders gathered in ...

Outside the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Africa’s equity capital markets were thin and illiquid, as they still largely are today. By mid 1994, the four largest Africa funds – Alliance Capital’s ...

Everyone knows Abuja is Nigeria’s capital. But did you know some African countries split their capitals across two or more cities? When Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja in 1991, it was ...