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Africa

Capital, industry and the new institutions of the continent.

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Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on AfCFTA implementation from the Cairo deskLead Analysis · 20 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of AfCFTA implementation, and Why It Matters

Officials and allocators in Cairo are quietly repricing assumptions around AfCFTA implementation. THE WORLD NEWS examines the institutional shift and its medium-horizon consequences.

By Camille Verhoeven6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign debt restructuring from the Accra desk
Briefing19 Jun 2026

What Sovereign debt restructuring in 2026

By David Okonkwo · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on fintech corridors from the Dakar desk
Briefing17 Jun 2026

How Fintech corridors Across Three Continents

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on mineral value addition from the Addis Ababa desk
Briefing16 Jun 2026

Inside Mineral value addition Under Pressure

By Inés Castellanos · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on power generation from the Kigali desk
Briefing14 Jun 2026

Mapping Power generation Reshaping Global Allocators

By Elena Rostova · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on urbanization economics from the Casablanca desk
Briefing13 Jun 2026

Behind Urbanization economics After the Pivot

By Mei Lin Chen · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on agricultural productivity from the Abidjan desk
Briefing11 Jun 2026

The New Architecture of Agricultural productivity Beyond the Headlines

By Camille Verhoeven · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on trade corridor infrastructure from the Kampala desk
Briefing10 Jun 2026

Decoding Trade corridor infrastructure at Sovereign Scale

By David Okonkwo · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on mobile money from the Lusaka desk
Briefing8 Jun 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Mobile money in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on sovereign wealth from the Dar es Salaam desk
Briefing7 Jun 2026

Why Sovereign wealth Through an Institutional Lens

By Inés Castellanos · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on industrial parks from the Algiers desk
Briefing5 Jun 2026

The Quiet Repricing of Industrial parks, and Why It Matters

By Elena Rostova · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on health sector financing from the Khartoum desk
Briefing4 Jun 2026

What Health sector financing in 2026

By Mei Lin Chen · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on education-to-work from the Pretoria desk
Briefing2 Jun 2026

How Education-to-work Across Three Continents

By Camille Verhoeven · 11 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on capital markets deepening from the Maputo desk
Briefing1 Jun 2026

Inside Capital markets deepening Under Pressure

By David Okonkwo · 12 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on diaspora flows from the Windhoek desk
Briefing30 May 2026

Mapping Diaspora flows Reshaping Global Allocators

By Yusra al-Mansouri · 6 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on climate adaptation from the Antananarivo desk
Briefing29 May 2026

Behind Climate adaptation After the Pivot

By Inés Castellanos · 7 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on mineral diplomacy from the Luanda desk
Briefing27 May 2026

The New Architecture of Mineral diplomacy Beyond the Headlines

By Elena Rostova · 8 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on governance reforms from the Lagos desk
Briefing26 May 2026

Decoding Governance reforms at Sovereign Scale

By Mei Lin Chen · 9 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on port modernization from the Nairobi desk
Briefing24 May 2026

The Hidden Logic Behind Port modernization in the Post-Plateau Economy

By Camille Verhoeven · 10 Min Read
Editorial illustration accompanying analysis on green hydrogen from the Cape Town desk
Briefing23 May 2026

Why Green hydrogen Through an Institutional Lens

By David Okonkwo · 11 Min Read