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South Africa’s Economic Crossroads: How a Coalition Government Navigates the Perfect Storm

After two decades of covering emerging markets, I've rarely encountered an economy as paradoxical as South Africa's current state. The numbers tell a story of cautious optimism: GDP growth...

Africa’s Warehouses are Full: What’s Driving the Boom?

Africa's industrial landscape is experiencing a remarkable transformation. In the first half of 2025, modern warehouse occupancy across...

Amazon Launches Louisiana’s First Same-Day Delivery Hub in Jefferson Parish

Amazon has officially opened the doors to its first-ever same-day delivery site in Louisiana, a move set to...

Walmart’s South African Gambit: The $358 Million Bet That Could Reshape Continental Retail

The announcement came with characteristic Walmart efficiency: a Tuesday morning press release confirming what retail analysts have anticipated...

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam as Regional Tensions Persist

Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Tuesday, marking the completion of Africa's largest hydroelectric project...

International food prices continue rising in April

International food commodity prices rose for the 11th consecutive month in April, with sugar leading the increase and cereals...

Ghana set to receive first LNG cargo at end of May

Ghana is now expected to receive its first LNG cargo at the end of this month, a project spokesman...

South African market reels from steel shortages

South Africa has not been spared the global trend of steel shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic. Over the...

DP World to start development of Banana Port in the Democratic Republic of the...

End-to-end logistics solutions provider DP World is set to start the development of the deep sea port at Banana,...

DP World Komatipoort handles its first transit import via Maputo

DP World, a leading global enabler of end to end trade solutions, has successfully completed the first transit import...

Gulf of Guinea persists as maritime security hotspot

Piracy and armed robbery incidents were on the rise in 2020 and the numbers do not seem to relent...

Countries join global initiative to tackle marine litter

Plastic litter has devastating effects on our oceans, marine life and human health. It also has measurable impacts on...

Shipping during COVID-19: Why container freight rates have surged

When the Ever Given megaship blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for almost a week in March, it triggered...

Port of Mombasa records improved performance in first quarter 2021

The Port of Mombasa handled 9.54 million tons in the first quarter of the year 2021 compared to 8.62...

Sasol, Toyota push for green hydrogen mobility ecosystem in South Africa

Sasol and Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM)  HAVE announced the formation of a partnership to commence exploration of the...

New report highlights Covid-19 impact on African trade finance

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank...

AKE Special Insight –The Ship In The Suez

On 23 March the 400 m long, 200,000 tonne Ever Given MV ship became lodged diagonally across the southern...

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