Africa Financial Inclusion Summit and Expo 2026 Cape Town, South Africa September 29-30, 2026
Author: Monah Anthony
Africa’s largest stock exchange is positioning itself to host a secondary listing of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, as interest grows across the continent ahead of what could become one of Africa’s biggest initial public offerings.
Sub-Saharan Africa’s environmental future may depend less on how fast its economies grow than on what they become capable of producing. Moving beyond raw commodities toward more knowledge-intensive and technologically sophisticated production could reduce ecological pressure, but the gains are neither automatic nor uniform.
India’s Hindustan Petroleum has bought two Nigerian crude grades for its 180,000-barrel-a-day Rajasthan refinery.
The sovereign credit ratings of the leading credit rating agencies are most visible through their outputs: an upgrade, a downgrade or a change in “outlook”. The evaluative work that produces those outcomes receives far less attention. Yet it is precisely that work that explains why credit rating agencies occupy such an influential position in international…
For over twenty years, China has stood as one of Africa’s main foreign investors, paying for roads, rail lines, ports, power stations, and mines across the region. Lately, however, a quiet change has begun. Some of India’s richest people are growing their work in Africa, putting billions into areas like mining, mobile phones, factories, and…
Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans for a multinational maritime defence coalition spanning the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, bringing together eight coastal states including five African nations in a move that highlights the region’s growing strategic importance as geopolitical tensions and shipping disruptions intensify.
Chinese military researchers used artificial intelligence models developed by leading U.S. technology companies to boost defence capabilities despite Washington’s efforts to restrict China’s access to advanced American technology, according to a newly published Reuters investigation.
African countries have pledged to accelerate the shift to a circular economy by moving beyond policy commitments and focusing on investment, industrial growth and business development that can create jobs and strengthen regional value chains.
Payment inefficiencies are pushing African fintech companies toward stablecoin infrastructure. (Image created
