Russia, China and Turkey are making bold moves across the continent as the United States’ presence wanes.
Africa’s mobile phone market is one area where U.S.-China technology decoupling will be evident, an industry at the heart of Africa’s digital transformation.
Zainab Usman speaks with Sheila Khama about the recent oil price surge and what that says about the medium-term future prospect despite the drive to decarbonization world economies of through reduction of fossil fuels.
Kenya’s notable progress in securing regional and international trade deals is positioning the country as an important trading economy.
The framing of the document and initiative, which is around a partnership with African countries, is motivated by some of these global shifts. So, there's particularly an acknowledgment that Africa is important to U.S. global priorities which is really not the case in the past.
The upcoming elections could usher in a more competitive era in Angolan politics. An opposition alliance, galvanized by economic adversity, presents a serious challenge to President Lourenço and the ruling MPLA party.
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, now headed to President Biden’s desk for signature, is predominantly a domestic bill – with huge ramifications for U.S. energy, decarbonization, industrial policy, and health care. But its ripple effects will be global, with some big potential impacts on emerging and frontier economies.
The revamped partnership is driven by discernible global shifts.
Though the adoption of information and communication technologies in Kenya’s electoral process has served to remedy legacy concerns, it has also raised new issues, such as privacy matters.
Nigeria’s major development challenge is not the ‘oil curse’, but of achieving economic diversification beyond its dependence on oil revenues, and politics plays an important role in the policy choices that have created and exacerbated this challenge.