The Africa Report

More than the level of taxation itself, it is the ability of governments to collect taxes efficiently and build trust that determines economic performance, says the Beninese economist, a member of the UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP.

In collaboration with Nairobi, Washington planned the opening of a quarantine centre in Kenya for American patients infected with Ebola. The initiative has met strong resistance from civil society and the courts.

DRC’s opposition is calling for ‘dead city’ protests on 3 June, hoping to prove it can still mobilise against the president’s suspected third-term plans.

Despite years of intense legal battles and parliamentary scrutiny, tycoon Mohamed Jaffer has secured an early 20-year lease extension at the Port of Mombasa, cementing his empire’s decades-long dominance in grain handling across multiple political regimes.

The former vice president has secured the ADC ticket, but defections, rival candidacies and trouble in Adamawa threaten to split the anti-Tinubu vote further.

For millions of Ghanaians, the neighbourhood mobile money agent has become more important than a bank branch. The shift is redrawing financial power in one of Africa’s most dynamic fintech markets.

Trade, investment and regional conflicts are high on the formal agenda for Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit to South Africa to meet his counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, with political differences taking a backseat.

As Ethiopia celebrates another electoral milestone, security analysts are watching a different contest unfold in the north, where shifting alliances, unresolved territorial disputes and a struggle for power in Tigray could prove more consequential than the vote itself.

Less showman than strategist, the AfDB president wants to pool risk, speed up lending and mobilise Africa’s own savings for infrastructure.

Despite a history of human rights violations and attempts to change the constitution to extend the president’s term, the Zimbabwean government touts its UN Security Council election victory as an international endorsement of a nation isolated by Western countries.