Easter is over, harmattan sunshine is unrelenting in Accra and springtime is looming (sort of) in London. The new season comes with its share of challenges but all is not lost. There have definitely been bright spots as this month's editorial will attest. Happy reading.

We started Songhai Advisory in 2010 and have from the outset looked for ways to provide mentoring to our community. Major channels are the company's internship programmes...

Following keenly contested and closely watched parliamentary elections held in Cote d'Ivoire on 18th December, the Commission Electoral Independente, released official results on Tuesday 20th December.

The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme was established by The Tony Elumelu Foundation in 2015 with funding of US$100million over a 10-year period to promote entrepreneurship across multiple sectors in Africa.

Nigeria's parliament has opposed the government's ban on vehicle imports through land borders and has asked the government to undo the ban.

Nigeria's second busiest airport Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will be closed for six weeks next month for repairs, putting airlines at risk of a revenue cut.

Over the past 50 years Davos has come to serve as a way station for global capital and its partners in government. Meanwhile today, frontier markets in Africa, the Middle East and further afield...

One of the most compelling things about a Greek tragedy is its inevitability. Each character acts as they must.

South African multinational MTN recently paid NGN80 billion (US$255 million) to Nigerian authorities as part of a fine settlement agreed in June this year, Communications Minister Adebayo Shittu said...

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta delivered his mid-year budget speech yesterday (25 July) in a radically different register than most of his presentations between 2019 and 2022.

Kenya is rewriting its 2005 Privatisation Act. Whereas red tape, litigation and inadequate political capital derailed the privatisation scheme developed by former president Mwai Kibaki's 2002-13 administration...

President Muhammadu Buhari rolled out an energetic anti-graft drive upon taking charge in May 2015.

Traditional Ijaw chiefs in the Niger Delta have met Oil Minister Ibe Kachikwu freshly to discuss conditions for peace.

On 28 September, Nigeria's House of Representatives resolved to suspend MP Abdulmumini Jibrin for 180 days and indefinitely blacklist him from future leadership positions.

Nigeria's second busiest airport Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will be closed for six weeks on 8 March for repairs, putting airlines at risk of a revenue cut.

The financial woes of a Saudi prince forced to list his palatial London residence for a staggering GBP250 million (USD302 million) seem far removed from the cost-of-living crisis gripping the UK.

Sierra Leone's short and medium-term economic recovery is largely premised on increased mining output. Having shrunk by 2% during the pandemic, GDP is estimated to have grown by 3.1% in 2021...

With the exception of Benin and possibly Liberia, headline inflation is now significantly above historic trends across West Africa.

On 23 August, the US agreed to repatriate to Nigeria USD23 million that had been recovered as proceeds of corruption by former Head of State, Sani Abacha.

These are set to be a particularly busy two years for our region. Elections are currently scheduled In around two-thirds of Africa's 54 states (see below).