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Cape Verde bow out with honour and announce themselves to the football world

Cape Verde bow out with honour and announce…

Cape Verde’s World Cup journey may have ended, but their place in African

Childhood and dignity

Childhood and dignity

Beyond Poverty, what this image says about Africa’s children and the debt of

Equatorial Guinea courts industrial expansion as golden swan plans $100mn investment

Equatorial Guinea courts industrial expansion as golden swan…

Malabo — Equatorial Guinea is stepping up its push to broaden its industrial

Mauritania and Senegal bet on GTA gas project to deliver power, revenue and regional influence

Mauritania and Senegal bet on GTA gas project…

Nouakchott — Mauritania and Senegal have stepped up political and technical coordination around

Why statistical rebasing is reshaping Africa’s economic story

Why statistical rebasing is reshaping Africa’s economic story

From Nigeria to Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Angola, updating GDP and inflation data

Burkina Faso’s break with France is about much more than diplomacy

Burkina Faso’s break with France is about much…

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is not merely severing ties with Paris. He is trying

Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply strains test refining ambitions

Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply…

Africa’s biggest refinery buys its first cargoes from the UAE, exposing the tension

Angola is not a political laboratory, experiments belong in academia

Angola is not a political laboratory, experiments belong…

MAPUTO – On a continent where institutions often remain more fragile than electoral

Cape Verde bow out with honour and announce themselves to the football world

Cape Verde bow out with honour and announce themselves to the football world

Cape Verde’s World Cup journey may have ended, but their place in African football history is secure, in

Childhood and dignity

Childhood and dignity

Beyond Poverty, what this image says about Africa’s children and the debt of development. ACCRA – This image

Equatorial Guinea courts industrial expansion as golden swan plans $100mn investment

Equatorial Guinea courts industrial expansion as golden swan plans $100mn investment

Malabo — Equatorial Guinea is stepping up its push to broaden its industrial base beyond hydrocarbons, with Indian-linked

Mauritania and Senegal bet on GTA gas project to deliver power, revenue and regional influence

Mauritania and Senegal bet on GTA gas project to deliver power, revenue and regional influence

Nouakchott — Mauritania and Senegal have stepped up political and technical coordination around the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA)

Why statistical rebasing is reshaping Africa’s economic story

Why statistical rebasing is reshaping Africa’s economic story

From Nigeria to Ghana, Kenya, Senegal and Angola, updating GDP and inflation data has made economies look bigger

Burkina Faso’s break with France is about much more than diplomacy

Burkina Faso’s break with France is about much more than diplomacy

Captain Ibrahim Traoré is not merely severing ties with Paris. He is trying to recast sovereignty as a

Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply strains test refining ambitions

Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply strains test refining ambitions

Africa’s biggest refinery buys its first cargoes from the UAE, exposing the tension between Lagos’s industrial ambitions and

Angola is not a political laboratory, experiments belong in academia

Angola is not a political laboratory, experiments belong in academia

MAPUTO – On a continent where institutions often remain more fragile than electoral calendars, presidential succession is rarely

Cape Verde bow out with honour and announce themselves to the football world
Childhood and dignity
Equatorial Guinea courts industrial expansion as golden swan plans $100mn investment
Mauritania and Senegal bet on GTA gas project to deliver power, revenue and regional influence
Why statistical rebasing is reshaping Africa’s economic story
Burkina Faso’s break with France is about much more than diplomacy
Dangote turns to Gulf crude as Nigeria’s supply strains test refining ambitions
Angola is not a political laboratory, experiments belong in academia

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Economic and Business News

Credit guarantee funds are quietly reshaping Africa’s financial landscape

Credit guarantee funds are quietly reshaping Africa’s financial landscape

Johannesburg  — Across Africa, a structural shift is underway in how capital is allocated, driven not by headline-grabbing

Africa in the crosshairs: Washington’s strategic shift to minerals and security

Africa in the crosshairs: Washington’s strategic shift to minerals and security

By AfricaHeadline – June 2025  The panel moderated by Johnny Gas (Invest Africa) agreed on a sobering reality:

MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas Champions Pan-Africanism, Media Innovation

MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas Champions Pan-Africanism, Media Innovation

MTN Group Chairman Mcebisi Jonas has reiterated the company’s commitment to being “proudly Pan-African,” emphasizing the importance of

SAA out of business rescue but still not on stable ground

SAA out of business rescue but still not on stable ground

Audit outcomes for SAA have regressed mainly because of poor management and governance that the airline failed to establish

ICD and Indonesia Eximbank strengthen partnership to boost shariah-compliant financing and private sector growth

ICD and Indonesia Eximbank strengthen partnership to boost shariah-compliant financing and private sector growth

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm

Sonangol unveils strategy to double operations

Sonangol unveils strategy to double operations

Luanda, Angola – Angola’s state-owned oil company, Sonangol, has unveiled ambitious plans to significantly increase its crude oil

A Nigerian bank’s ₦204 billion push for food securit

A Nigerian bank’s ₦204 billion push for food securit

As of the first quarter of 2024, agriculture has emerged as a significant player in Nigeria’s economy, contributing

Africa’s economic power map is changing faster than expected

Africa’s economic power map is changing faster than expected

Johannesburg – The latest projections from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook (April 2026) reveal a continent

Politics & Climate

DRC crisis: Tshisekedi orders tactical withdrawal in Uvira to protect civilians after kamikaze drone attacks

DRC crisis: Tshisekedi orders tactical withdrawal in Uvira to protect civilians after kamikaze drone attacks

Kinshasa, AfricaHeadline President Félix Tshisekedi has ordered the Congolese armed forces to carry out a tactical withdrawal from

Alexandra Township – Strength and Struggle

Alexandra Township – Strength and Struggle

Johannesburg, South Africa – Nestled on the periphery of Sandton, often referred to as “Africa’s richest square mile,”

Malian court releases 11 opposition leaders amid political tensions

Malian court releases 11 opposition leaders amid political tensions

Lagos, Nigeria – A court in Mali has released 11 opposition leaders detained in June on charges of

The Secret Dossier on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The Secret Dossier on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Lagos, Nigeria – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains the epicentre of one of the most complex

Strengthens strategic ties between Brazil and Angola

Strengthens strategic ties between Brazil and Angola

Brasília, Brazil – In a symbolic and strategic gesture of renewed diplomacy, Angolan President João Lourenço was received

Ghana faces budget shortfall after US suspends development aid

Ghana faces budget shortfall after US suspends development aid

Johannesburg, South Africa – Countries around the world are grappling with the severe fallout of the United States’

Kagame and the influence of global intelligence

Kagame and the influence of global intelligence

Johannesburg, South Africa – Foreign intelligence agencies continue to shape Africa’s geopolitical landscape, influencing conflicts and leadership decisions.

High-Profile defections shake South Africa’s radical opposition party EFF”

High-Profile defections shake South Africa’s radical opposition party EFF”

Johannesburg — South Africa’s radical opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), is facing internal turmoil as a series

Optinions & World

OPINIÃO | Como o relatório da HRMI sobre Angola reabre o debate sobre quem define os critérios pelos quais África é avaliada.

OPINIÃO | Como o relatório da HRMI sobre Angola reabre o debate sobre quem define os critérios pelos quais África…

Quando os rankings internacionais da Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), se transformam em narrativas globais, a metodologia torna-se

The Colonizers have returned, but this time they sign contracts

The Colonizers have returned, but this time they sign contracts

Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe’s warning and Africa’s new battle for economic sovereignty “If we don’t handle our independence very

Russia, The United States, and The myth of the quick victory

Russia, The United States, and The myth of the quick victory

A strategic assessment of 21st-Century warfare JOHANNESBURG — For much of the past three decades, military and political leaders

The DRC’s untapped power could shape Africa’s economic future if it gets the strategy right

The DRC’s untapped power could shape Africa’s economic future if it gets the strategy right

LAGOS – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has long been viewed as a paradox, a country endowed

E for Emigration: When “Exit” became Europe’s social policy

E for Emigration: When “Exit” became Europe’s social policy

By AfricaHeadline | Opinion African emigration to Europe is often portrayed as an individual choice, commonly framed as

The fear of a power vacuum: Why some African leaders refuse to let go

The fear of a power vacuum: Why some African leaders refuse to let go

Opinion | Africa By AfricaHeadline | Opinion Across Africa, moments of political transition often trigger a familiar argument:

What about Africa, now? A continent between awakening and reinvention

What about Africa, now? A continent between awakening and reinvention

By AfricaHeadline – Johannesburg | October, 2025 As the world turns its attention to America’s political battles and

La Cravate et l’Intellectuel Africain : Une Élite déconnectée du peuple

La Cravate et l’Intellectuel Africain : Une Élite déconnectée du peuple

Comment une classe intellectuelle trop occidentalisée s’est éloignée des réalités africaines Par la Rédaction d’AfricaHeadline | Juillet 2025

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