Publications
ABC Reports
Africa Grow tracks Africa’s growth engines in a changing global economy is an integrated analytical view of Africa’s development trajectory. The report responds to the unification of fast population growth,...
Over the past decade, Africa’s investment performance shows a continent balancing global volatility while building stronger economic foundations. Returns have become more varied, with slowdowns during global tightening cycles offset...
Africa Brief
Africa and the global economy is experiencing another shock. This follows the growing and volatile US, Israel, and Iran conflict that started on the 28th of February 2026. This report...
Recent public commentary has portrayed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria's most aggressive borrower since the return to democracy in 1999. Some commentators have even suggested that the current administration...
The proposed Dangote East Africa Refinery — a 650,000 barrel per day facility to be located at Tanga Port in northeastern Tanzania — is the most significant energy infrastructure commitment...
Large-scale financial reforms do not succeed solely because regulatory requirements are introduced. They succeed because financial systems possess the institutional capacity, market infrastructure, and regulatory architecture required to mobilise capital...
Nigeria heads into 2026 with a widening gap between strong economic growth and rising fiscal pressure.The economy is projected to grow by 4.4%, with GDP expected to reach $334 billion,...
Africa recorded a historic $97 billion in FDI inflows in 2024, a 75% year-on-year increase that raised its share of global FDI from 4% to 6%, even as global FDI...
On 1 May 2026, China implemented a historic zero-tariff policy covering 100 percent of tariff lines for all 53 African nations with diplomatic ties. The policy is locked in through...
This edition covers Q1 2026 (January through March). It is structured in four sections: The Continent Snapshot, covering pan-African macro and market highlights; Market by Market, breaking down equities and...
Sudan, South Sudan, Mali – are African countries already facing or risk entering Catastrophic food insecurity; While The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Kenya, are...
In May 2025, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) published a follow-up to its 2024 report on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and processed food marketing....
Following recent economic shocks of Covid 19, the Russia / Ukraine and the accompanied tightening financial conditions, data shows that at least 30 Africa countries now have some sort of...
To stimulate economic growth, businesses need to be incentivised, Toyin Sanni said at the ThinkBusiness Africa Breakfast Meeting at the Capital Club, Lagos....