China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer market ...

Khalid bin Saleh Al Mudaifer, Saudi Arabia's deputy minister for mining, speaks on the opening day of the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Late ...

A friend who runs a business in Nigeria told me she was recently asked to put up her home as collateral for an expansion loan. Yet the bank still demanded 30% of the amount in cash despite the fact ...

Orinola Gbadebo-Smith (Ori) is the CEO of Hugo—a global outsourcing provider of CX, Digital Operations and Data Annotation services. For decades, the Philippines has been a go-to destination for ...

The African continent looks set to realize around $230 billion in financial sector revenue by 2025, despite various political and economic challenges, according to a McKinsey report on Africa’s ...

The logistics industry in Nigeria, like any informal sector, struggles with poor infrastructure and other inefficiencies, making it difficult for businesses — both large and small — to move and store ...

In an effort to promote the growing need for effective risk management in Africa, African Trade and Development Insurance (ATIDI) has reinforced its commitment to development insurance. Speaking ...

The People First Podcast is back for Season 4! In this first episode, we explore one of Africa's most pressing challenges with Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist for the World Bank Africa region. Andrew ...

Unit 42, the research team at Palo Alto Networks, has identified a new malicious campaign targeting many financial organizations across Africa. The attackers, tracked as CL-CRI-1014, have been ...

LUANDA, Angola — African leaders are torn in their dealings with the Trump administration, seeking to balance their desperate need for investment with deep frustrations over the U.S. president’s ...