AfDB backing for Morocco’s first EV battery gigafactory shows Africa’s clean-energy future is not only about minerals. It is about manufacturing power.
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Ethiopia’s New M-PESA Power Top-Up Shows Where African Fintech Is Going
M-PESA Ethiopia now lets smart-meter customers buy prepaid electricity through its Super App, showing how African fintech is becoming everyday infrastructure.
AfCFTA Has A Local Business Problem. Solving It Could Change African Trade
AfCFTA promises a larger African market, but its real test is whether small businesses can access finance, cross borders, find buyers, and scale.
Gabon’s Manganese Deal Tests Africa’s New Value-Add Ambition
Gabon and Eramet’s manganese-processing roadmap tests whether Africa can keep more industrial value, jobs, and ownership where its minerals are mined.
Nairobi Becomes Africa’s Tech Deal Room as Africa Technology Show Opens
Africa Technology Show Kenya opens in Nairobi with AI, fintech, youth employment, infrastructure, and diaspora investment questions at the center.
Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline: West Africa’s 7 Billion Test Of Regional Power
ECOWAS leaders approved the 7 billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, a 13-country test of West African energy integration, infrastructure discipline, and development.
Côte d’Ivoire Just Pulled In $80 Billion in Development Pledges. The Real Test Is Who Builds the Future
Côte d’Ivoire secured about $80B in development pledges for its 2026-2030 plan. The real test is whether the money creates African-owned value, jobs, and infrastructure.
Amazon Is Bringing Satellite Internet to Rural South Africa. The Bigger Story Is Who Controls Africa’s Next Connection Layer
Amazon Leo and Herotel plan to bring satellite internet to rural South Africa in 2027. The bigger question is who controls Africa’s next connection layer.
After the Oil Leaves: Who Cleans Up Nigeria’s Niger Delta?
As Shell exits onshore oil operations in Nigeria, Niger Delta communities are still fighting over cleanup, compensation, and responsibility. This ADUNAGOW article frames the crisis as a diaspora accountability story: after decades of extraction profit, African communities must not be left alone with poisoned land, water, and livelihoods.