Vol. 04 / No. 29

Reporting from Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cairo, Accra and across the continent.

Est. 2022

Industry · Nairobi

Kenya’s battery race moves closer to home

A new generation of engineers wants East Africa to manufacture the systems powering its electric buses, motorcycles and miniature grids.

By Peter Muiruri7 min read

Climate · Kigali

What Kigali’s restored wetlands are teaching fast-growing cities

Rwanda’s capital is treating marshland as working urban infrastructure—part park, part flood defense and part public classroom.

Diane Uwase · 7 min read

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The Morning Dispatch

A sharp weekday briefing of the stories, signals and shifts that matter across the continent.