The Economist

South Africa is at risk of becoming a mafia state

A t the start of the decade, if you asked the bosses of South Africa’s firms to name the biggest problem facing their country ...

Africa's richest man launches continent's biggest share sale

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote says he wants ordinary people to share in the success of his oil refinery.

Al-Qaida and IS-linked violence in Africa’s Sahel belt set to hit record levels this year

Twenty-five years after 9/11, figures compiled by conflict monitor underline how Sahel region has become centre of Islamist terror ...
Time

Why Trump and South Africa Are at Odds

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Phys.org

Africa's wildfire season is actually getting shorter, scientists think they know why

Africa is home to around 70% of the world's burned area—the total area of land scorched by wildfires each year—making it the planet's biggest wildfire hotspot. Yet despite this, satellite ...
CBS News

African nations want their stolen history back, and experts say it's time to speed up the process

Johannesburg — Much of Africa's cultural treasure was looted during colonial times and has remained in museums and private collections in Europe and North America ever since. For the last few ...
CNBC

Chinese consumer brands flood into Africa as old investment model fades and exports jump 28%

China's role in Africa is shifting from state-owned enterprise-led infrastructure to private consumer goods. Surge in Chinese exports and small entrepreneurs targeting Africa's growing consumer ...
The Economist

The future of Africa will be shaped by investment rather than aid

In the mid-1990s the UN built an airstrip in Ngara, in the far west of Tanzania, to supply refugee camps near the border with Burundi. Three decades later it has a different use. Over the past year ...
The New Yorker

How Binyavanga Wainaina Wrote About Africa

Not long ago, I saw an article that would have both delighted and exasperated the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. “Entrepreneurs are planning autonomous ‘charter cities’ as an answer to ...

Nigerian billionaire Dangote launches oil refinery IPO, Africa's biggest share sale

LAGOS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote on Monday launched Africa's largest share sale yet with the ...

Africa’s biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership, sparking excitement among retail investors

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, is opening a portion of his refinery to public ownership in Africa's biggest initial ...