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Royal Caribbean Is Paying $3 Billion for Half of Sandals. The Bigger Story Is Who Owns Caribbean Tourism.

A Caribbean-built hospitality empire is entering a $3 billion partnership with a global cruise giant. The Stewart family retains half…

2 days ago

U.S. Lends Africell Nearly $100M. Africa Faces a Bigger Ownership Question

The U.S. is financing nearly $100 million for Africell to buy American and allied telecom technology. But shifting suppliers does…

2 weeks ago

A Black Brazilian Community Challenged a Lithium Mine. Then the Court Stopped Operations.

A Brazilian court halted operations at Sigma Lithium’s only producing mine after a challenge involving a nearby Quilombola community. The…

3 weeks ago

Uber Left Nigeria and Uganda. The Drivers Owned the Cars, Not the Market.

Uber’s exit exposes a central weakness of platform work: workers can finance the productive assets while another company controls the…

3 weeks ago

MTN Wants to Control Credit. Gulf Capital Is Helping Build Its AI Infrastructure.

Africa’s largest telecom operator is exploring banking licences while building AI-ready data centres with a UAE-backed investor. Together, the moves…

1 month ago

Ghana Wants to Protect Cocoa. Farmers Say the New Law Could Strip Them of Control Over Their Own Land.

Ghana’s new cocoa legislation aims to protect a vital export industry, but farmers warn that restrictions on land conversion could…

1 month ago

Africa Solar Manufacturing Grows, but China Still Controls the Supply Chain

Africa is producing more solar equipment, but much of the higher-value technology and component supply still comes from China. The…

2 months ago

Dangote Refinery Plans $5 Billion IPO That Could Become Africa’s Largest Listing

Dangote Refinery is planning a $5 billion IPO that could become Africa’s largest listing. The key question is whether investors…

2 months ago

Cape Town Approved a 170-Megawatt Data-Center Project. The Community Still Does Not Know the Full Resource Cost.

Equinix could turn Cape Town’s land, electricity, water and municipal approval into a major African computing asset. The unresolved question…

2 months ago

Morocco Is Spending $20 Billion for the World Cup. Who Will Own the Tourism Boom?

Morocco plans to expand hotels, airports, railways, roads and stadiums before the 2030 World Cup. The lasting economic question is…

2 months ago

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