Africa Tomorrow
Financial Flows
Africa’s private sector boosts AU Peace Fund
As private sector donations increase, the 21 African countries still not contributing to the fund must pay up.
01 May 2025 by Moussa Soumahoro
Large Infrastructure
Why Africa’s electrification matters to the world
Access to electricity across the continent is rising, yet it is low and unevenly distributed, limiting development.
29 April 2025 by Julia Baum and Jakkie Cilliers
Manufacturing
The US-China trade war and Africa’s manufacturing crossroads
Trump’s tariff resurgence may hit China hard, but Africa’s fragile path to industrialisation could suffer the most.
24 April 2025 by Marvellous Ngundu
Financial Flows
AU ‘Year of Reparations’ should look to the future and the past
Reparations aim to repair relationships and prevent violence – a forward-looking approach could foster a more just global order.
22 April 2025 by Tadesse Simie Metekia
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Governance
Democracy, disconnected: the quiet rise of digital control
In an age of hyper-connectivity, the power to shut down the internet is the power to shut down democracy.
17 April 2025 by Julia Baum and Michelle van Rooyen
Africa in the World
Africa’s US trade surplus at risk
US tariff chaos risks undermining AGOA’s gains, hitting African exporters hard and highlighting the urgent need for market diversification.
15 April 2025 by Blessing Chipanda
Africa in the World
Redefining power: Germany, Africa and the EU
Germany has a chance to reshape EU-Africa ties—if it backs fair trade, youth-driven growth and Africa’s role in a shifting global order.
10 April 2025 by Lejla Pilica
Africa in the World
Tariff tensions hit SA-US trade
Key South African industries are in the crosshairs as US trade policy shifts, threatening trade surplus and long-term growth.
08 April 2025 by Marvellous Ngundu