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

Trade · Casablanca

Can Casablanca become the continent’s trade switchboard?

Morocco is betting on ports, rail and financial services to connect African producers with each other before they look overseas.

Yasmine El Mansouri · 8 min read

Trade reporting

Stories worth your time

People moving the continent forward

Builders, thinkers and cultural forces changing how Africa works, creates and imagines what comes next.

Nairobi · 7 min read

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

By Peter Muiruri

Briefings from within

Close readings of the networks, decisions and quiet infrastructure behind the continent's biggest shifts.

Trade · Casablanca

The Morning Dispatch

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