All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Tinubu was declared president-elect on 01 March this year. The constitutional date for a handover, 29 May, will be upheld even if the election tribunal has not yet ruled...

Over the past few months, we've had the pleasure of working with Shell Foundation, EchoVC, Briter Bridges and TripleLine to interrogate why there is a demographic imbalance of funding towards start-ups in Africa.

It was wonderful to have had a conversation with Tim Cocks, author of Lagos: Supernatural City. Tim, of South African heritage, who has married into a Nigerian family...

"Buhari may be removed as president on grounds of incapacity if two-thirds of his own cabinet resolve that he is no longer physically fit to be president...

"Right now, the [Nigerian] government is looking to attract foreign investment to tackle the ongoing recession and address foreign exchange shortages...

There have been eight finance ministers under Ghana's ‘fourth republic', Ken Ofori-Atta being the eighth and current occupant. Internationally, he is being judged for the public financial...

Differentials in fuel prices are contributing to protests, policy shifts, production costs and smuggling across the subregion.

Campaigns for Nigeria 2023 presidential election will formally begin in September. The top policy issues will be addressing insecurity and fixing the economy - and as usual, the main political parties...

Over the last month, countries like Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and Togo reported falling inflation in annualised terms.

The conflict in Sudan pitting two rival army chiefs threatens to plunge Africa's third largest country into a protracted civil war with devastating consequences. Sudan's neighbours, chiefly South Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia...

Saudi Arabia's political and financial leverage on Sudan's warring factions was underscored during talks held in Jeddah. The immediate goal is to negotiate a binding ceasefire.

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Aero Contractors has laid off 60% of its employees as part of measures to cut costs, four months after it suspended operations due to operational difficulties.

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Ghana has had eight finance ministers since the restoration of multiparty democracy. There could be a ninth in months, weeks or days i.e., before term. The current occupant, Ken Ofori-Atta...

Dutch and Italian authorities are investigating the role of Shell and its partner Eni in the deal.

Mediators in the Niger Delta ceasefire deal met in Delta State on 5 January to review progress made since they last met with President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2016.

The Nigerian government sacked 10 directors of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on 24 February.

Tanzanian brewers have introduced new pricing and smaller packaging for their alcohol brands in response to a government decision in February 2017 to ban packaging of alcohol in sachets.

Nigeria's parliament has approved a ₦7.4 trillion budget (about US$24 billion) for 2017, five months after President Muhammadu Buhari first presented the budget in December 2016.