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. Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s public offering is more than a high-profile listing. It...
Industrial parks: Value-chain infrastructure, or just serviced land
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 An industrial park can be two very different things. It can be serviced land - a fence, a substation, a road to the port, leased by the hectare. Or it can be...
China’s vanishing factory jobs: Africa’s chance, if it can catch them
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The headline reads like a windfall: as Chinese wages climb, tens of millions of factory jobs must go somewhere, and Africa has the workers. The complication is that...
Diamniadio: Senegal’s bet that a Chinese garment line can build an industry
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 An industrial park is supposed to be the start of an industry, not the end of an announcement. Senegal's Plateforme Industrielle de Diamniadio (PID) tests that...
Huajian in Ethiopia: A Shoemaker as the Test Case for Industrial Linkage
Economics - Industry & Resources · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 If any single firm is meant to prove that China-Ethiopia manufacturing linkage works, it is Huajian. The shoemaker set up two production lines at the Eastern Industrial...
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As a business owner or investor, you understand the importance of making informed decisions about where to invest your resources. With the rise of Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things, it can be challenging to navigate the complexities of the business...
GetAPlan.Africa: The Strategy Company for African Business Growth
As an entrepreneur, you know that a solid strategy is essential to your success. However, in today's rapidly changing business environment, it can be difficult to know who to turn to for expert advice and support. This is where GetAPlan.Africa comes into...
Djibouti’s PEACE cable goes live — capital structure what comes next across the region
PEACE cable lands in Djibouti: following the capital — funding structure, dollar-franc currency risk and who can enter the financing stack.
Ethiopia’s Safaricom Ethiopia launch — capital structure what comes next for investors
Behind Safaricom Ethiopia’s 6 October 2022 launch sits a capital question: who funds a greenfield network, and how birr revenue meets hard-currency risk.
Battery value-chain pact in DRC — capital structure what business leaders should track
DRC-Zambia battery pact raises the money questions the ceremony did not answer: who funds the first plant, who carries currency and offtake risk.
Parish Development Model in Uganda — customer adoption the business case for investors
Uganda’s Parish Development Model is a public revolving fund with a data by-product: how its capital is structured, who carries risk, where private money fits.
Ethiopia’s GERD first power — capital structure the business case for African business
GERD’s first power tests Ethiopia’s self-financed dam model: funding structure, currency risk and where private capital can actually enter.
The Diversity of Money in Zambia and Africa
Money is diverse, and one can only see its diversity when they travel across countries for business or pleasure. Money is there to help transact, paying for plane tickets, or even refuelling the car as you travel. In Western economies, when you go to the airport, you...
Ethiopia’s Private telecom licence — capital structure the business case for investors
A Safaricom-led consortium’s US$850m bid wins Ethiopia’s first private telecom licence. The real story is capital structure, currency risk and bankability.
South Sudan 4G launch in South Sudan — capital structure what comes next for investors
Zain’s 4G launch in South Sudan on 8 March 2021, read as a capital project: dollar capex, pound revenue and where local firms can enter the stack.
First mobile-money licence in Somalia — capital structure why it matters for investors
Somalia’s first mobile-money licence makes the payment economy bankable, reframing who funds it, who carries float risk and who can invest.
AfCFTA trading begins in East Africa — capital structure what comes next for investors
AfCFTA begins 1 January 2021: following the capital behind East African continental trade — working capital, trade finance, currency and settlement risk.
Payment systems law in Uganda — market impact how the market shifts across East Africa
Uganda’s National Payment Systems Act 2020 reprices fintech risk, ring-fences customer funds and reshapes who funds and owns payments businesses.
Dambisa Moyo: The Global Economist
There is a great Zambian woman that must be celebrated, as her contribution to the global economy cannot be ignored – Dr Dambisa Moyo, an influencer with over a million followers on LinkedIn. Dambisa Moyo, PhD, is a global economist who sits on the boards of the 3M...
The Standard of Banking: The Bank, Business Loans and Your Financial Records
According to Forbes, Standard Bank is “the largest lender in Africa”, as the banking group launched the game changing forex trading app in 2017 – Shyft. This position of largest lender is backed by 157 years of lending money to business owners and individuals. Global...
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