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Features
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China’s influence in Africa is growing at an unprecedented rate. Amid the criticism of Beijing’s pursuit of natural resources lies an opportunity for African states to turn a one-sided relationship to their advantage
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North Africa managed to escape the worst of the global financial crisis. But whether it will be spared the economic fallout of a prolonged European slump remains an open question
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Kenya’s economy may be back on track, but concerns remain over political instability, governance and the strength of the global recovery
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Ghana and Uganda are the latest African nations to strike oil. Yet both are struggling with how best to use it to their advantage
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African project finance is hitting the wall as western banks beat a retreat. Although, Chinese lenders are plunging into the region, the fate of infrastructure funding rests in the hands of the multilaterals
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South Africa’s liberal economic policies are increasingly being called into question in the wake of recession and amid rising inequality. The path the nation chooses will have a profound impact on its economic development
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A political solution is the only way of stemming Zimbabwe’s crisis after a decade of economic freefall. Without it, the fragile recovery now underway will prove short-lived
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Months after swallowing its pride and turning to the IMF for help, Angola – one of Africa’s biggest oil producers – is rebounding fast, not least thanks to energy prices and cheap Chinese credit
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Enthusiasts cite Africa’s growing economic potential while bears fear capital outflows. But the biggest constraints on Africa’s equity markets are poor market infrastructure and a lack of liquidity
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The West will break its aid pledges to Africa this year because of a lack of political will, and not as a direct result of financial crisis. As rich country governments take an axe to their budgets in coming years, the future of the Millennium Development Goals has never looked so bleak
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A political stand-off in the Ivory Coast remains a major drag on one of West Africa’s most promising economies
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Five years on, Ivorians are still waiting for a chance to go to the polls
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A bitter power struggle within Nigeria’s ruling party ahead of next April’s elections could imperil much needed economic and political reforms
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Africa’s most populous country is looking to reposition its oil industry after years of stagnation. A $23 billion deal with China might just help
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As the Democratic Republic of Congo gears up to celebrate 50 years of independence, the government hopes debt cancellation will spur an economic renaissance. But only substantial foreign investment is likely to reverse the nation’s fortunes – and firms are still keeping their distance
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Africa’s biggest selling point remains its unrealized potential. But capital inflows are likely to remain weighed down by the region’s still weak and illiquid capital markets
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European authorities last week took unprecedented action to stem contagion from Greece’s debt crisis and prevent a break-up of the eurozone. But deeper questions about the single currency’s future remain unanswered, while euro hopefuls have begun to doubt the merits of joining an increasingly imperilled
currency union
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The three Baltic states have toughed out the worst of the recession bearing considerable pain to put their finances in order. Better times are ahead
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Hungary’s incoming prime minister Viktor Orban’s strident right-wing tone may be more rhetoric than action – at least initially
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