The Trump administration has signaled a sweeping shift in its engagement with Africa, placing trade and investment—not aid—at ...

The U.S. is shifting its Africa policy toward investment and commercial diplomacy, with a six-point strategy that puts ambassadors in dealmaking roles and positions the Lobito Corridor as a model for ...

The U.S. is South Africa's second-biggest trading partner, and the country is facing a 30% tariff under Trump's currently suspended raft of import taxes. But in a carefully choreographed Oval ...

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global trade hit a record $33tn in 2024, with developing economies, including Africa, playing a growing role in that ...

Europe is positioning itself as a reliable trade partner for Africa as global economic uncertainty grows due to rising U.S.

It wants deals. “Trade, not aid, is now the pillar of our policy in Africa,” Troy Fitrell, the State Department’s top Africa official, said in a speech last week at a business summit in Abidjan.