After 28 years of waiting, Ethiopia is on the verge of WTO membership. How would accession reshape the country’s economy and its position in global trade?
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Kinshasa is negotiating with the Trump administration to accept migrants expelled from the United States, in what could become a landmark migration deal with far-reaching geopolitical implications for Africa and the wider world.
Carrefour’s African expansion is swallowing up Shoprite’s retreating footprint as the continent’s supermarket sector undergoes its most dramatic transformation in decades.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is negotiating a landmark deal with the United States that would see the Central African nation accept migrants expelled by Washington — in exchange for a major mining partnership with American companies, according to sources close to the discussions. Exclusive reporting by The Africa Report reveals that Kinshasa has been
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Kinshasa is negotiating a deal that would see the Democratic Republic of Congo receive migrants expelled by the United States, according to sources who spoke exclusively to The Africa Report. The discussions, which have been underway for nearly a year, are part of a broader diplomatic and economic process aimed at restoring peace in eastern
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While the Sahel burns and West African democracies wobble, Senegal is quietly building something different — a gold sector that has grown from a minor footnote to a major driver of national export revenue in less than a decade. Production in 2025 reached 10.4 tonnes, cementing gold as the country’s primary mineral resource and attracting
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The battle for Africa’s supermarket shelves is heating up in ways that are rewriting the rules of retail on the continent. A new in-depth analysis from The Africa Report reveals a retail landscape where global giants like France’s Carrefour and South Africa’s Shoprite are fighting hard to maintain their dominance — but where local champions
The Africa Supply Chain Confederation is warning that the continent is facing a mounting crisis at the fuel pump and in food markets, as the escalating disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz — the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoint — send shockwaves through global supply chains. Speaking on the crisis, ASCON President Ronald Mlalazi
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Uganda has secured over 2.1 trillion shillings — equivalent to USD 540 million — in financing from the World Bank to launch a sweeping national urban transformation programme, the largest such investment in the country’s cities and municipalities in a decade. The Uganda Cities and Municipalities Infrastructure Development (UCMID) programme targets ten cities, 26 municipalities,
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Kenya’s retail landscape is undergoing a transformation that would have been unimaginable two decades ago. Where once neighbourhood dukas and open-air markets dominated daily shopping, a new generation of modern supermarket chains has taken root — from homegrown players like Naivas and Quickmart to international heavyweights like Carrefour and the recently expanded Shoprite franchise. The
