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  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Uganda’s election shows dangers of a captured state

    Africa’s people have not given up on democracy. Nor should others

  • Friday, 1 January, 2021
    Companies
    Prospering in the pandemic: 2020’s top 100 companies

    The final ranking of corporate winners in a devastating year

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Nigeria
    Nigeria’s port crisis: the $4,000 charge to carry goods across Lagos

    Congestion, bribery and storage costs add to problems for importers in Africa’s largest economy

  • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
    Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
    South Africa’s state power monopoly seeks to raise prices to avoid collapse

    Fate of Eskom a priority for President Ramaphosa as power shortages roil economy

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    McKinsey
    McKinsey to repay more than $40m over South African scandal

    Consultancy agrees to hand back fees from work with companies linked to alleged ‘state capture’

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia pushes telecoms privatisation despite security worries

    Bidders say curbs on mobile banking and access to infrastructure will affect sale

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    African economy
    Nigeria’s richest plough money into Africa’s biggest economy

    Home-grown entrepreneurs’ confidence contrasts with caution of overseas investors

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Angola
    Angola sharpens fight to recover stolen cash as debt pressure mounts

    Corruption probes launched while president battles popular discontent at Africa’s biggest borrowing crisis

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    Africa’s booming tech hub of Lagos braces as pandemic bites

    Nigerian city is the heart of continent’s fintech scene but has been hit by oil-price collapse and regulation

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    Nigeria mobile money revolution delayed by scarcity of licences

    Unlocking the continent’s largest unbanked population may hinge on granting access to telecoms groups

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Banking and Finance
    Kenya’s Equity Bank targets regional role

    Suspending dividends has allowed chief executive James Mwangi to build a $100m war chest for cross-border deals

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Special ReportNigeria at 60
    Nigeria steps up effort to modernise oil and develop gas

    Long overdue reforms have been driven by fears of second recession in five years

  • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
    Special ReportNigeria at 60
    Has Nigeria missed the manufacturing bandwagon?

    Eradicating poverty depends on domestic production, but poor infrastructure is hampering progress

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Fintech
    Stripe moves into Africa with Paystack deal

    Silicon Valley group looks to tap into huge mobile payments market with purchase of Lagos-based company

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    Africa
    FT Africa Summit

    Africa’s top leaders, policymakers and businesspeople discuss continent’s post-Covid future

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia asks US to reconsider aid suspension over dam

    Postponement adds to pressure on Addis Ababa to reach agreement over what will be Africa’s largest dam

  • Monday, 3 August, 2020
    Shoprite Holdings Ltd
    ShopRite plans to quit Nigeria

    Grocer’s departure adds to retreat by South Africa-based companies as recession deepens

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    African Development Bank
    African Development Bank chief cleared in external misconduct probe

    Inquiry led by former Irish president dismisses claims against Akinwumi Adesina

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Steinhoff International Holdings
    Steinhoff offers $1bn to settle investor lawsuits

    South African conglomerate seeks to resolve $8bn of legal claims stemming from accounting scandal

  • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
    African politics
    Tensions rise on the Nile over Africa’s largest dam

    Ethiopia ready to start filling vast reservoir even if talks with Egypt and Sudan collapse

  • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
    Nigeria
    Nigeria oil chief promises more transparency at state producer

    NNPC has published first accounts in 43-year history as critics call for group to be dismantled

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    Africa
    African business steps up in global scramble for virus test kits

    Ghana’s mPharma have helped countries shut out by suppliers to source vital equipment

  • Monday, 1 June, 2020
    Airlines
    South Africa considers resurrecting flag carrier with state funds

    New airline would be created out of South African Airways, according to draft proposal

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
    DE Beers Group
    De Beers to cut diamond production by 20 per cent this year

    World’s second-largest diamond miner cites disruption along the supply chain

  • Monday, 20 April, 2020
    Libya
    UAE groups implicated in suspected violation of Libyan arms embargo 

    Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show

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