by The Fikiria Desk | Jun 29, 2026 | Money
Money – Finance & Strategy · Editorial By Moakanyi Magazine · China-in-Africa · June 2026 The clean-energy turn is often told as Africa's access story. The newest official figures tell a contracting story. China's FOCAC follow-up ledger, updated in...
by The Fikiria Desk | Jun 10, 2026 | Money
Aircraft fly on jet fuel, but fleets run on financing. On 10 June 2026, Uganda Airlines agreed to acquire ten Boeing aircraft to expand its fleet and build a broader regional and long-haul network. The capacity is easy to picture; the capital stack beneath it is where...
by The Fikiria Desk | Oct 26, 2023 | Money
In critical-mineral infrastructure the hard question is never whether a route makes sense on a map — it usually does — but who will fund it, who carries the risk, and whether the numbers close for a lender rather than a diplomat. The Democratic Republic of Congo has...
by The Fikiria Desk | Feb 26, 2022 | Money
Rural Uganda has never lacked economic activity; it has lacked capital that reaches the plot. Formal lenders want collateral and records that smallholders rarely hold, so working capital stops short of the field. The Parish Development Model, launched this week, is in...