Delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the site of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain, have been tasked with drawing up a new blueprint for development policy as...

President Donald J Trump’s administration is reshaping development policy again with 13 bilateral pacts with African states so far as part of the ‘American First Global Health...

After the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) comes America First healthcare. In the week ending 13 December, Lesotho, Eswatini and Uganda joined Kenya in signing agreements...

Ten weeks after its expiry on 30 September, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is close to being reborn, at least for three years. Less clear is...

S&P Global Ratings has refuted claims that it treats African countries unfairly after it and the two other major credit ratings agencies, Moody's and Fitch, were slammed in...

A US$1.35 billion public-private financing plan by the World Bank for Kenya’s property market reflects the sky-rocketing demand for housing in Africa, the fastest urbanising continent. Over 40,000...