Vol 65 No 5 | AFRICAFINANCE Financial shades of grey 29th February 2024 The decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global anti-money laundering watchdog, at its annual plenary session on 23 February, to put Kenya and Namibia on...
Vol 65 No 4 | FOOTBALLAFRICA Finding a perfect pitch 15th February 2024 Fuller stadiums and more goals made a successful African Cup of Nations – but its stars need more financial and political backing By the time the final whistle blew at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium to signal the end of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON), there was unanimous agreement...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 4 | NIGERIAECONOMYAFRICA US helicopter crash robs Africa of one of its most ambitious bank chiefs 14th February 2024 Access Bank restructures after the death of its founder who had been establishing a pan-African financial network Following the death of the founder and chief executive of Access Bank Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash on 9 February, its directors moved quickly to appoint Bolaji... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | AFRICATAX The next stage in the battle over global tax rules 25th January 2024 Plans for a UN authority on tax policy backed by African states are gaining ground in spite of western resistance How are western states going to respond after losing a battle at the UN General Assembly last November over how global tax rules are negotiated? The European Union...
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | ITALYAFRICA Meloni joins the race for influence in Africa 30th January 2024 Italy's Prime Minister has outlined a series of initiatives to curb mass migration at a one-day summit in Rome in exchange for promises of investment Italy's far right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she understands that blocks on development in Africa are at the heart of the migration story. READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA US Secretary of State Blinken tours West Africa amid rising security worries 23rd January 2024 Trip will focus on building relations, trade and democracy promotion after spate of coups African states in the Sahel and the Horn are facing their worst security crises for decades but United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will skate around those... READ FOR FREE
Vol 65 No 3 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Biden's man moves on 1st February 2024 United States President Joe Biden will lose his main Africa policy advisor, as Judd Devermont quits his position as Biden's special assistant on African affairs. Devermont, who was...
Vol 65 No 2 | ECONOMYAFRICA Biggest economies turn laggards 18th January 2024 Smaller countries will grow faster this year but will be held back by a lacklustre outturn in the continent's biggest economies Forecasts by the World Bank, IMF, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN that the continent's economies should grow faster this year should be set against its...
Vol 64 No 25 | RUSSIAAFRICA Gold to Moscow 14th December 2023 Central African Republic, Sudan and Mali are the most lucrative African states for Russia's Wagner Group, according to the 'Blood Gold' report published this week by a consortium...
Vol 64 No 25 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The case for reparations 14th December 2023 The debate over reparations for colonialism and slavery has arrived in the European Parliament. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, a Malian-born German MEP for Alliance90/The Greens, is preparing a text on...
