$10 Billion in Minerals Deals in 48 Hours: The West Makes Its Move on Africa’s Resources
More than US$10 billion in Western, state-backed critical minerals financing commitments were announced within a 48-hour window during UN General Assembly week, described by analysts as the largest single-week cluster…
South Africa Pitches Washington a Bigger Minerals Deal: “Don’t Just Dig, Build Here”
South Africa has put a new offer on the table for the United States, and it’s about far more than selling rocks. At a Critical Minerals Roundtable held in New…
Africa’s Digital Infrastructure Expands as Regional Connectivity Investment Accelerates
Investment in Africa’s digital infrastructure continues to expand as telecommunications operators and technology companies increase capacity across fibre, cloud and data-centre networks. Recent developments include an upgrade to the Africa…
Global Investors Reassess Infrastructure as AI Drives Demand for Power and Data Centres
Global infrastructure investment is increasingly being shaped by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and the physical infrastructure required to support it. According to Reuters Breakingviews, private capital allocated to…
AI Data Centre Growth Puts Power Infrastructure Under Increasing Pressure
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is increasingly placing electricity supply, grid capacity and physical infrastructure at the centre of the global data-centre investment discussion. In the United States,…
Kenya Cooking Gas Prices Set to Rise in October Amid Red Sea Supply Squeeze
Kenya’s cooking gas prices are heading upward next month, according to oil marketers, after Saudi Aramco raised its contract prices following attacks on a Saudi Red Sea port that squeezed…
South Africa’s Eastern and Northern Cape Unite for 940MW Clean Energy Corridor
South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provincial governments have signed a formal cooperative agreement to eliminate structural permitting friction across the 940-megawatt Koruson clean energy corridor. The pact effectively…
Nigeria Launches $300M Distributed Renewable Energy Fund at UN General Assembly
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and Africa50 have completed the commercial launch of the $300 million Nigeria Distributed Renewable Energy Fund, unveiled at the United Nations General Assembly. The World…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Strongest Eurobond Start in Over a Decade
Sub-Saharan Africa has stormed back into international debt markets in 2026, posting its strongest start to a year for Eurobond issuance in over a decade. The DRC’s own debut $1.25…
South Africa Withdraws Draft AI Policy After Fake Citation Scandal
South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies was forced to withdraw its own draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy just weeks after publishing it, following the discovery that the document…