Botswana’s Power Outage Puts Grid Resilience Back in Focus
Botswana Power Corporation restored electricity to most affected areas after an unplanned outage, but the disruption…
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Central African Republic’s Zamboye Mine Disaster Tests Gold-Sector Governance
The Zamboye gold mine collapse has killed more than 100 people and exposed the deadly gap…
Nigeria’s Digital Cloud Policy Tests Africa’s Sovereign AI Infrastructure
Nigeria's new Digital Cloud Policy aims to turn government demand, data-centre investment and digital sovereignty into…
Kenya’s Medical Manufacturing Push Tests Africa’s Health-Security Industry
Kenya's talks with the World Bank on local medical manufacturing show how health security, industrial policy…
Ethiopian Airlines’ Kinshasa Expansion Tests Africa’s Air Connectivity Race
Ethiopian Airlines' plan to raise Kinshasa services to 21 weekly flights strengthens Addis Ababa's hub strategy…
South Africa’s Citrus Breakthrough in India Tests Africa’s Export Strategy
India's approval of in-transit cold treatment gives South African citrus exporters new flexibility, but tariffs and…
West Africa’s Gold Rush Tests Mining Investment and Resource Sovereignty
Record gold demand is redirecting mining attention toward West Africa, but governments must balance investor confidence…
Seplat’s Record Profit Tests Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Turnaround
Seplat Energy's record half-year profit gives Nigeria's energy sector a strong private-sector signal, but investment, gas…
Uganda’s Kabaale Refinery Delay Tests East Africa’s Oil Ambition
Uganda's delayed final investment decision for the $4bn Kabaale refinery raises fresh questions over first oil,…
Kenya Airways’ Fuel Shock Tests Africa’s Aviation Recovery
Kenya Airways' 72% fuel-cost surge shows how quickly global conflict can hit African airlines, raising pressure…
Tanzania’s Nyerere Hydropower Launch Tests East Africa’s Energy Ambition
Tanzania's launch of the 2,115MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project gives East Africa a major clean-power milestone,…
South Africa’s Inflation Cooldown Tests the Case for Rate Relief
South Africa's July CPI slowdown offers real relief for households, but the reserve bank still faces…