China’s investment in West Africa challenges France for business in its former colonies Chinese companies previously showed little interest in Francophone West Africa, but they are now competing…

New Programme Aims to Improve Infrastructure Procurement Capacity in Africa To help attract greater private sector investment in Africa's infrastructure, a unique initiative has been launched which…

Changing Africa’s infrastructure funding’s status quo A private equity expert highlights the top challenges impacting on the levels of private sector investment in Africa's infrastructure…

EU funding to catalyse €9bn public and private investment in Africa The EU has approved an €800m investment package, which is expected to leverage up to €9bn in public and private investment in…

African Energy – A vibrant market Analysis by African Energy Live Data shows installed power capacity on the continent will increase by almost 50% from 2018 to 2022, should all announced commercial…

Clean energy projects underway in Mozambique and Uganda Two clean energy projects backed by the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund took significant steps forward in the last week of June.

Ten African nations face $1 trillion infrastructure funding gap A group of 10 African nations, including some of the continent’s rising economic stars, will fall $1 trillion short of the…

Boost for East Africa power pool project as Dar, Nairobi secure $600m Plans for a regional power pool moved closer after Kenya and Tanzania secured funding of over $600m from the World Bank and AFD

African cities will double in population by 2050 Africa is not prepared for this urban explosion. By 2025, there will be 100 African cities with more than one million inhabitants, according to…

Can secondary cities bridge urban and rural economies in Africa? Secondary cities can play a crucial role in driving economic growth in Africa, balancing urbanisation and regional development,…