African politics news with a business lens: elections, governance and policy changes and what they mean for markets and investors.
With 16 days to the commencement of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, …
Nigeria’s Peter Obi of the Labour Party has emerged as one of the top contenders in the presidential elections taking place on February 25, 2023. Social media posts claim to …
Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has flagged off an integrated medical outreach in Karshi powered by Nigerians Unite for Tinubu/Shettima (NUFTS) Mandate, …
Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has alleged that Northerners were reluctant to support him because of his Kanuri ethnic heritage. “People are saying that …
Former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar will correct the partiality syndrome in Nigeria. …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen went to Gorree Island in Senegal Saturday and spoke of the “unspeakable cruelty” of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. “Ultimately, Goree Island reminds us that the …
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen begins a 10-day visit to promote all the economic possibilities between the U.S. and the world’s second-largest continent. Yellen is the first administration official visit to …
President Nana Akufo-Addo has described Ghana as the best place to do business in West Africa and has urged the private sector and investors in the United Arab Emirates to …
Xi Jinping’s government is set to acquire so-called golden shares in Chinese internet giants Alibaba and Tencent, opening the door for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to establish leverage inside …
African Union collaboration with civil society organisations could sustain the momentum against unconstitutional changes of government. Unconstitutional changes of government (UCGs) in Africa are again in the spotlight following a …
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