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The first FT ranking of African companies by growth in revenue, compiled with data company Statista. Plus: digitising informal trade and agriculture; success stories invite investment; banking on the unbanked; solar power shines; will co-working work on the continent?
Ranking of continent’s fastest growing companies highlights how success attracts interest
Businesses are using digital tools and best practice to transform the agrulture sector
Technology is helping to overcome concerns about potential customers’ creditworthiness
Telecoms group is not without competition but digital banking shows great potential to boost revenues
Worst deluges in decades highlight crumbling infrastructure and exacerbate delays at flagship terminal
The island has worked hard to repair its Covid-damaged economy, especially tourism. We look into its status as an offshore centre, the ecological impact of a 2020 oil spill, new tax laws, manufacturing, and the Chagos islanders’ half century of exile
Much of island’s economic success was built on textiles but rising labour costs underline need for high-tech products
International pressure prompts overhaul of laws, with nation’s attractions for business expected to remain
The government threw everything at the crisis, but to continue its upward trajectory the island needs to reinvent itself yet again
Few in the industry are under any illusions about the need to keep abreast of the regulatory frontier
The government mounted an effective Covid stimulus package. It now needs to tame the deficit and curb rising debt
In the past decade Russia has stepped up efforts to peddle influence, sell arms and extract minerals in the continent
Lancet Commission report makes recommendations to reduce high burden of disease that stymies development
Addis Ababa seeks to open up state-dominated economy as it tries to recover economic momentum
Better than expected revenues allay fears of looming debt crisis
Entrepreneurs see opportunities in a deeply fragmented supply chain
Abiy Ahmed moves to assure Egypt and Sudan that water flows downstream will not be affected
African leaders arrive in Brussels on Thursday for summit amid strained relations over everything from vaccines to counter terror
With several interest rate rises expected soon, best to wait before trying to bottom fish
Payments company becomes the most valuable start-up in Africa as investors bet on continent’s fintech scene
Nigeria has the biggest economy in Africa — and one of the lowest life expectancies on the planet. This report explores the country’s contradictions, and looks at the challenges and opportunities in sectors including energy, pensions, edtech and agriculture
The government sees a stronger agricultural sector as vital to its economic strategy
The country’s vast oil wealth has been absorbed by government rather than used to build economic foundations
For all its economic might, it remains a deeply dysfunctional country
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