Egypt’s BRICS trade surge is import-heavy
Egypt’s trade with BRICS countries reached $36.7 billion in the first half of 2026, but imports rose much faster than exports and widened the gap. Egypt’s trade with BRICS countries reached $36.7 billion in the first half of 2026, up 25.5% from $29.3 billion a year...
Egypt’s BRICS trade surge is import-heavy
Egypt’s trade with BRICS countries reached $36.7 billion in the first half of 2026, but imports rose much faster than exports and widened the gap. Egypt’s trade with BRICS countries reached $36.7 billion in the first half of 2026, up 25.5% from $29.3 billion a year...
Congo’s Kamoa solar plant changes mine-power economics
A 233MWp solar array and 526MWh battery system now supplies 30MW of firm power to Kamoa-Kakula, showing storage is becoming mine infrastructure. The Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo now has a power asset that changes the practical...
Mozambique’s reserve decline is an import-capacity warning
Net international reserves fell to $3.436 billion in July, the lowest level in at least a year, leaving Mozambique with about four months of import cover. Mozambique’s net international reserves fell to $3.436 billion in July 2026, their lowest level in at least...
Malawi–Mozambique trade reform targets the informal border economy
The Tripartite Simplified Trade Regime is testing whether lower paperwork, clearer product rules and border support can move small traders into formal regional commerce. The Malawi–Mozambique border is becoming a practical test of whether regional integration can work...
Dangote’s refinery IPO turns industry into market infrastructure
Africa’s largest refinery is opening a small public stake to investors, turning a strategic industrial asset into a test of Nigeria’s capital-market depth and retail participation.
Afreximbank’s Angola pipeline targets local ownership, not contracts
A $5.18 billion pipeline of Angola energy opportunities is being framed around moving indigenous companies from service provision into larger ownership and operating roles.
Trade finance: the quiet plumbing behind Africa’s exports to China
Tariffs and protocols open the market, but a shipment only sails when someone finances it. The credit, insurance and bonds behind African exports rarely make headlines, yet they decide who can trade.
CADFund: The state vehicle quietly underwriting China’s Africa investments
A China Development Bank fund built to coax Chinese firms into Africa has committed roughly US$7.6bn across 39 countries. Its job is less to spend than to make others spend.
Green Industrial Chains: A US$700 Million Fund Bets on Africa Keeping the Value
A China-Africa Green Industrial Chain fund of about RMB 5 billion, with seven early projects approved, signals a next-phase pitch: not just power, but the supply chains around it – and the value they
Clean-Energy Contracting: RMB 21 Billion in Revenue, and a Question of Whose
China reports RMB 21.18 billion in contracted clean-energy project revenue since the Beijing Summit. The figure is real – the open question is how much of that contracting value lands in African
Uganda Airlines Boeing order in Uganda — customer adoption the risks and opportunities
Follow the capital, not the metal: how Uganda Airlines’ ten-aircraft Boeing order is financed decides its currency risk, bankability and who pays.
DRC IMF and Eurobond reset in DRC — market impact the business case across East Africa
As the IMF backs resilient growth and the DRC’s first Eurobond, a look at funding structure, currency risk and whether Congolese firms can enter the stack.
DRC IMF and Eurobond reset in DRC — regional opportunity what comes next for investors
The DRC’s first Eurobond, welcomed by the IMF alongside resilient growth, widens financing options for infrastructure and reprices frontier African debt.
Nimule e-permit reset in South Sudan — capital structure what comes next for investors
South Sudan’s Nimule e-permit reform re-dates working capital along the corridor, turning a border delay into a balance-sheet event and a lending opportunity.
Rwanda FinTech Centre in Rwanda — regional opportunity the business case for investors
Rwanda’s FinTech Centre pitches Kigali as a regional gateway. For investors, the return case is position not population — model the Frw-to-US$ exposure first.
Rwanda FinTech Centre in Rwanda — market impact the business case for African business
Rwanda’s FinTech Centre and Innovate Rwanda platform coordinate capital for Kigali fintech founders. Who funds, who carries risk, who enters the stack.
Burundi’s Jiji hydropower launch — capital structure what comes next across the region
Burundi’s 32.5 MW Jiji hydropower plant is also a capital structure: who funded it, who holds the currency and offtake risk, and where local money fits.
Instant payment system in Somalia — regional opportunity what comes next for investors
Somalia’s new instant-payment switch, live 26 March 2025, reshapes the regional investment case. Fikiria maps where returns and optionality sit.
Instant payment system in Somalia — market impact the business case across East Africa
Somalia launched a nationwide instant-payment switch on 26 March 2025. Fikiria examines the capital structure, returns and risk beneath the rails.
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