Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Analysts raise questions about the official White House narrative behind recent U.S. strikes on Nigeria, Benin holds elections after a...

Cathie Wood, the CEO of Ark Invest, has opined a striking new analysis, which packs a punch in all its simplicity. The price of Bitcoin has lately been experiencing bouts...

A new technology from digital banking platform Plumery AI aims to address a dilemma for financial institutions: how to move beyond proofs of concept and embed artificial intelligence into everyday...

This piece is part of a special project on deep time examining what the Western U.S. was like thousands, millions and even billions of years ago, and how that history...

Foot-and-mouth disease remains one of the most serious threats to South Africa’s cattle industry. In this video, Farmer’s Weekly‘s Gary Wium and...

West Africa’s alcoholic beverages market is riding on rising incomes and a young population, offering opportunities for beer, spirits, and premium drinks investors. From Lagos bars to Dakar nightlife, West...

In case you didn’t get the memo, everyone is feeling very Chinese these days. Across social media, people are proclaiming that “You met me at a very Chinese time of...

16/01/2026 – The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) and the OECD recently concluded a successful series of joint workshops on advancing transfer pricing simplification across the African region. The workshops,...

Copper prices hit a one-week low ‍on Friday on ‍profit-taking after a rally led by speculative funds while demand from ​physical buyers in China was muted. Benchmark three-month copper on...

South Africa’s National Treasury said the draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill, 2024 has been updated from its 13 December 2024 version (Government Notice No....