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 ...

Overstated risk premiums can stifle investment, limit access to capital, and undervalue African businesses. Conversely, ...

Ethiopia has long benefited from close ties to the West, China and emerging powers. In 2004 Western and multilateral creditors wrote off more than $3bn of its debts. Since 2000 it has received more ...

Makhtar Diop has enjoyed a long and varied career, in politics as well as at international financial institutions. He was recently appointed vice-president for infrastructure at the World Bank, after ...

The Government of Tanzania has launched the construction of a new capital city, with a price tag of $5 billion. The city, named Magufuli, would be a new administrative capital for the East African ...

Amid rising debt and falling development aid, African nations must turn to private capital and intra-continental trade for ...

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

South Africa is the world's only nation with three capitals. Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein share administrative, legislative and judicial power, creating a political system built on regional ...

The continent's most electrified nations, concentrated largely in North Africa but including South Africa, Ghana, and Kenya, boast higher urbanization rates, attract more investment, and foster more ...

Misheck Mutize is affiliated with affiliated with the African Union as a Lead Expert on Credit Ratings Eurobonds are debt instruments issued by a country in a currency different from its own.