The end of the West African CFA franc
As of this month, the West African CFA franc is supposed to be replaced by a new currency. In many respects the move looks symbolic – though it has still ...
MCEBISI JONAS: False flags in China-US fight
With elections looming in the US, Donald Trump has upped his anti-China rhetoric. But he needs the country if he’s going to pull the US out of the economic ...
How Isis is regrouping in Mozambique
Islamic State is entrenching itself in Southern Africa, with an insurgency in northern Mozambique that has killed and displaced thousands of people
BL PREMIUM
Kenya counts the cost of Covid-19
As Covid-19 cases rise more rapidly in Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced an extension of measures to try contain the virus
Lockdown: Smugglers changing the way they operate
The Covid-19 lockdowns in SA and Zimbabwe have made illicit trade between the two countries more difficult and costlier. To compensate, smugglers are changing ...
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has moved to an indefinite partial lockdown of its economy but it may be too late to save it
Namibia’s net of patronage
Namibia’s ‘Fishrot’ scandal has been a huge setback for ruling party Swapo – and it still may shine further light on patronage politics in the country
BL PREMIUM
SA’s golden gas opportunity
Oil and gas companies are slashing spending as they reel from the effects of low prices amid the Covid-19 pandemic. But can promising projects in SA and ...
BL PREMIUM
Covid-19 disrupts African flower producers
African flower producers are struggling as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts supply chains and demand dries up amid national lockdowns
Flipping the switch on Inga 3?
The SA government remains committed to its Inga 3 hydropower project with the DRC. But a recent report raises doubts about its feasibility
Zambia feels the coronavirus fallout
Zambia has so far been spared a rapid spread of the coronavirus. Nonetheless, the country’s economy and its people are feeling the effects of the pandemic
Cocoa-producers raise the bar on price of chocolate
Plans by Ghana and Ivory Coast to levy a surcharge on cocoa to help poverty-stricken West African producers could leave a bad taste in the mouths of serious ...
Coronavirus to push Zimbabwe to the brink?
With a shambolic health-care sector and an informal economy in which people are without basic necessities, experts are wary of how effective Zimbabwe’s ...
The fight to contain Covid-19 in Africa
As the coronavirus begins its spread across Africa, some countries have announced travel restrictions and school closures. Now they need to curb community ...
Namibia at 30: Is Swapo running out of road?
On March 21, Namibia marks 30 years of independence. But ruling party Swapo’s stewardship of the economy is less cause for celebration
BL PREMIUM
Algeria’s revolution of smiles, one year on
Algerians took to the streets in February 2019 to oppose a fifth term for president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Two months later he had resigned. A year on, the ...
Mnangagwa: Becoming Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is starting to look more and more like the man he unseated ...
BL PREMIUM
Laying ground rules for land justice in Kenya
Fifty-six years since Kenya achieved independence, land injustices in the country remain unresolved
Peace in Africa: an uphill battle for the AU
The AU has missed its deadline for ‘silencing the guns’ in Africa. But as Ramaphosa takes the reins of the continental body, he plans to push the peace agenda ...
Most read
BusinessLIVE LATEST