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The country’s pandemic policy offers a case study in the effects of prohibition
Investors worried about opacity, restrictions and political instability
Unemployment rate has quadrupled to 33% since Buhari took office in 2015
Loans to public sector borrowers fell to $7bn in 2019, down from $28bn five years ago
Burgeoning Islamist insurgency focused on district surrounding huge Total gas project
Central bank warnings of danger rebound amid sense of euphoria among wide pool of retail traders
Finance minister Tito Mboweni says government is not ‘swimming in cash’ despite tax windfall
Buhari launches big-ticket rail projects as critics complain about focus on north and lack of transparency
Lagos-based development bank aims to widen investor pool through move into renewables
Pandemic adds to pressure on developing economies trying to meet repayments
Governor seeks autonomy as Nigeria’s commercial hub competes with nation states
Technology companies from Google to Facebook are scrambling to upgrade the continent’s digital infrastructure
Two years on, euphoria at the downfall of a dictatorship has faded among Sudan’s citizens. The coalition of forces that helped topple Omar al-Bashir has fractured as economic hardship bites and as the treacherous nature of the transition reveals itself
Crops can grow in the desert with sophisticated irrigation schemes, but poor infrastructure is holding back development
Western allies are prepared to back efforts for democracy, and hopes run high for a sympathetic Biden administration
The country is home to Unesco heritage sites — and more pyramids than Egypt. But they are little known to outsiders
Bread and fuel queues lengthen, while the lifting of US sanctions has yet to take real effect
Aim to change the underlying causes of division, be ambitious, also honest, but most of all humble
African country’s move to buy out its majority partner in the Mopani copper mine is a gamble
Nightly riots underscore frustration with poverty and high unemployment
President cements foreign policy ambitions with business and humanitarian help on the continent
Mildly hit the first time round, the continent’s death rate has now overtaken the global average
Africa’s people have not given up on democracy. Nor should others
AfCFTA’s secretariat says adoption will be slow as many nations lack border facilities
Congestion, bribery and storage costs add to problems for importers in Africa’s largest economy
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