Economy & Business

Guinea holds a quarter of the world’s bauxite reserves, but the people of Boku00e9 and Sangaru00e9di say the wealth flowing from their soil is enriching foreign firms and political elites while their villages remain unpaved, unlit and unwatered.

In East Africa, a quiet battle is being fought over which town will host one of the largest industrial projects on the continent. At stake is not simply the pride of hosting a refinery it is the economic gravity that comes with controlling the flow of processed petroleum products across a region of several hundred

In neighbourhoods across Nigeria, a new kind of medicine seller has become impossible to miss. They do not operate from pharmacies with registered pharmacists and regulated stock. They are not bound by the formal supply chains that distribute conventional pharmaceuticals through licensed outlets. They are operating in open markets, on social media platforms, and increasingly

Lagos is launching what its architects describe as the most ambitious AI upskilling initiative on the African continent — a program designed to equip hundreds of thousands of young Nigerians with the technical skills needed to compete in an increasingly automated global economy. The initiative, announced by the Lagos State Government in partnership with major

Kenya has signed a landmark partnership with Google that will see the Silicon Valley giant deploy its artificial intelligence platforms to help the East African nation analyse, target, and attract international tourists more effectively — a deal that the Kenyan government is describing as the most significant tourism technology agreement ever signed on the African