Nigeria & Uganda · Business
Uber’s exit redraws two competitive ride-hailing markets
The platform ended service in Nigeria and Uganda after reviews of cost and competition.
4 September 2026
Markets, industry & livelihoods
African business
We follow the money from farms and factories to boardrooms—asking who creates value, who owns it and who carries risk.
Africa · Business
Africa’s food future needs patient capital, not conference applause
Agriculture requires finance that understands seasons, climate risk and small-business supply chains.
4 September 2026
Kenya · Business
Kenyan insect fertiliser turns waste into healthier soil
Enterprises are using insect systems to convert organic waste into soil inputs.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
Data centres are becoming Africa’s industrial infrastructure
Cloud growth is driving investment in power-hungry facilities near major markets.
4 September 2026
West Africa · Business
Women traders keep borders moving while carrying the highest friction
Small-scale commerce connects food, textiles and household goods across West African markets.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
Africa’s medicine-security ambition moves from procurement to factories
Governments and investors are seeking more local production of vaccines and essential medicines.
4 September 2026
Nigeria · Business
Nigeria’s gas strategy must reconcile industry with climate reality
Gas is promoted as fuel for power and manufacturing while emissions and community impacts remain contested.
4 September 2026
Ghana · Business
Ghana’s fintech growth enters its consumer-protection era
Digital payments have widened access and intensified questions about fraud, fees and data.
4 September 2026
Côte d’Ivoire · Business
Côte d’Ivoire wants more of the cashew value chain at home
Local processing can create jobs and reduce dependence on raw-nut exports.
4 September 2026
Kenya · Business
Kenya’s geothermal advantage can power more than the grid
Steam resources offer relatively steady low-carbon electricity for industry and homes.
4 September 2026
Morocco · Business
Morocco’s automotive rise depends on deeper local suppliers
Export factories have placed the country inside European vehicle supply chains.
4 September 2026
Rwanda · Business
Rwanda’s logistics reforms test the economics of a landlocked state
Digital customs and regional corridors can reduce the penalty of distance from seaports.
4 September 2026
Senegal · Business
Dakar’s creative economy is a business ecosystem, not a side show
Fashion, music, film and design connect identity with jobs and exports.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
Carbon markets promise finance—but only integrity creates value
Projects selling climate credits can fund conservation and energy access.
4 September 2026
Ethiopia · Business
Ethiopian coffee earns fame abroad; farmers need more value at home
Distinct origins command global attention while growers face price and climate volatility.
4 September 2026
Southern Africa · Business
Critical minerals put industrial policy back on Africa’s table
Demand for battery and energy-transition minerals is drawing global capital.
4 September 2026
Egypt · Business
Suez Canal resilience matters far beyond shipping companies
Conflict and route disruption expose how canal traffic shapes foreign exchange and global supply chains.
4 September 2026
Zambia · Business
Zambia’s copper ambition reaches beyond higher output
The energy transition is renewing interest in one of Africa’s major copper producers.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
African aviation still pays the price of fragmented skies
Indirect routes and high costs make travel within Africa harder than distance alone suggests.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
Formalisation should make small businesses stronger, not merely visible to tax collectors
Entrepreneurs often avoid registration when costs arrive before services.
4 September 2026
Africa · Business
Africa’s growth outlook is resilient—but resilience is not prosperity
Headline growth can coexist with debt pressure, costly food and limited formal employment.
5 September 2026
Nigeria · Business
Nigeria’s creative exports need contracts as ambitious as the talent
Music, film, fashion and design travel globally, but creators often negotiate from weak positions.
5 September 2026
Ghana · Business
Ghana’s cocoa future depends on selling more than raw beans
Processing can retain skills and value while reducing exposure to commodity-price swings.
5 September 2026
Africa · Business
Air cargo could shorten the distance between African farms and global shelves
Perishable exports lose value when cold chains, certification and reliable flights fail.
5 September 2026
Kenya · Business
Climate insurance must pay farmers when the rain does not
Index products promise faster protection against drought, but design and trust determine usefulness.
5 September 2026
Africa · Business
Circular fashion can turn textile waste into African manufacturing opportunity
Repair, resale and fibre recovery already support informal livelihoods across African cities.
5 September 2026
Nigeria · Business
For Nigerian small businesses, electricity is a balance-sheet problem
Generators, fuel and damaged equipment consume money that could hire workers or expand stock.
5 September 2026
Africa · Business
Digital public infrastructure can widen access—or centralise exclusion
Identity, payments and data exchange can make services faster when designed around citizens.
5 September 2026
Namibia · Business
Namibia’s green-hydrogen ambition faces the local-benefit test
Large renewable projects promise exports, industry and jobs.
5 September 2026
Africa · Business
Africa’s pension savings could finance the infrastructure savers need
Long-term domestic capital can reduce dependence on short-cycle foreign finance.
5 September 2026
Ghana · Business
Ghana sets out five economic pillars—but delivery will be measured in jobs
The government says stronger buffers, productive investment and institutions should protect the recovery. The important question is how quickly the strategy reaches firms and households.
5 September 2026
Ghana · Business
Ghana’s four-year bond clears at 12% after GH¢4.46 billion in bids
The government allotted GH¢3.15 billion in a closely watched return to shorter-dated domestic borrowing, with settlement still scheduled for 7 September.
4 September 2026
Côte d’Ivoire · Business
Côte d’Ivoire defends CFA 1,200 cocoa price as farmers demand transparency
The confirmed farm-gate price remains unchanged, and the agriculture minister now says the government must explain price-setting more clearly and pursue dialogue with producers.
4 September 2026
Ghana · Business
Ghana’s cocoa outlook puts climate, disease and farmer income in one frame
A projected production decline is a warning for exports, rural livelihoods and the case for deeper local processing.
31 July 2026
Africa · Business
Nigeria and Ghana move to the centre of MTN’s cash-flow recovery
The South African group’s West African businesses are again generating substantial cash—but stronger returns bring sharper questions about reinvestment and consumer value.
3 September 2026
Nigeria · Business
Dangote’s $2.5 billion refinery investment raises the scale—and the stakes
New financing is intended to expand capacity sharply, with implications for fuel imports, exports, logistics and market concentration.
3 September 2026
Nigeria · Business
Nigeria’s $1 trillion ambition will be judged by households, not headlines
Stronger GDP figures support the government’s 2030 target, but growth must reach jobs, incomes, power supply and everyday purchasing power.
3 September 2026
Enterprise explainer
Nigeria and Ghana move to the centre of MTN’s recovery
West Africa supplied about two-thirds of the cash MTN’s operating companies returned to the group in the first half of 2026. Our article examines the figures, the turnaround and what stronger results should mean for network investment and consumers.
Read the complete MTN analysis →