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The AfCFTA Country Business Index (ACBI), and the African Development Bank Calls for New Manufacturing Hubs to be Set up in Africa

Sep 4, 2022 |

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched the first-ever comprehensive tool that measures how easy, or hard, it is to do business between African countries. The ACBI has 3…

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Logistics – Global Supply Chains Remain Fragile in SA; Jumia’s Deliveries Improve, Bolt suffers in Tanzania, Lori Grows in Kenya

Sep 4, 2022 |

PwC South Africa’s South Africa Economic Outlook 2022 report reports that local container shipments for export in SA declined by 17.5% year-on-year during the second quarter of 2022 as port activity…

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More News from the African Regional Economic Communities

Sep 4, 2022 |

There are at present 8 RECs in Africa, and all overlap membership, creating both opportunities, services, and policies, and also increasing rivalries. The 11-member Economic Community of Central African States…

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Failure – so far – Bringing the Regional Economic Communities from Southern and Eastern Africa Closer Together

Sep 3, 2022 |

The East African Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC) Tripartite Free Trade Area agreement (TFTA) has not been put…

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Investment and Venture Capital in Africa is Dominated by Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and SA

Sep 3, 2022 |

A McKinsey report just out says that Africa’s fintech revenue may soar to $30.3bn by 2025 – eight times higher than in 2020 – as a growing, young, and under-banked…

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