Category: ECONOMY

AFRICON 2026 to Bring African Leadership, Investment and Entrepreneurship to Dar es Salaam

9–11 November 2026 | Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA — Tanzania is set to host a major Pan-African gathering when the AFRICON Leadership, Investment & Entrepreneurship Summit & Awards 2026 takes place from 9–11 November 2026 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre. Held under the theme “From Dialogue to Delivery: Shaping Africa’s Next Decade,” AFRICON is designed as a high-level platform connecting African leadership with investment, business and practical economic partnerships. The Summit is endorsed by H.E. Dr. Samia Suluhu…

AFRICON 2026: Where Africa’s Leadership Meets Investment and Opportunity

What does Africa need to do differently over the next decade to turn its economic potential into measurable results? That question will be at the heart of the AFRICON Leadership, Investment & Entrepreneurship Summit & Awards 2026, taking place from 9–11 November 2026 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Under the theme “From Dialogue to Delivery: Shaping Africa’s Next Decade,” AFRICON will bring together more than 1,000 African leaders, policymakers, investors, CEOs, entrepreneurs and development partners from more than 20 countries. The Summit is…

𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚‘𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 By Hariharan Sundararajan Founding President Global Gold Policy Institute (GGPI) 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Africa has never lacked gold. For centuries, the continent has supplied the world with one of its most coveted strategic resources, contributing significantly to global bullion markets, central bank reserves, industrial manufacturing, jewellery, and investment demand. Yet despite its abundant geological wealth, much of Africa has captured only a fraction of the value created along the global gold…

Reimagining South–South Cooperation: Building an India–Africa Strategic Partnership for the Next Global Economy

Author: Hariharan Sundararajan Chairman, Federation of Asian African Trade Development & Investments (FAATDI) Founder & Strategic Visionary, Bharat Strategic Apex Institute (BSAI) Founder & Managing Director, Aurum Elite Bullion LLC & AuroChain A Perspective on Strategic Commodities, Financial Architecture, Trade, Technology, and Sustainable Development The global economy is undergoing a permanent structural realignment, shifting decisively from open-ended globalization to fragmented, hyper-localized geoeconomics. As traditional supply chains fracture and multilateral systems struggle under the weight of great-power rivalries, the Global South can no longer rely on legacy external frameworks to guarantee…

Tribune – Burkina’s Maiden Sukuk Issuance:Turning Burkinabe savings into a development power

By Issa Malgoubri, CEO of SGI Image Finances Internationales, Lead arranger and Lead placement manager The first Sukuk of the State of Burkina Faso is not just a financial innovation. It is a national, regional, and international call to finance economic sovereignty through ethics, real economy, and trust. Features of FCES SUKUK BURKINA RENAISSANCE 6.80% 2026-2035 There are operations that mobilize resources. And there are operations that mobilize a Nation. The launch of FCES SUKUK BURKINA RENAISSANCE 6.80% 2026-2035 belongs to this second category. With this issuance of 75 billion CFA…

AIM Talks China 2026 Advances UAE–China Cooperation Through High Level Engagement in Guangzhou

From advanced AI and smart mobility to trade, investment, and city level cooperation, high level engagements reinforce the next phase of UAE–China economic alignment Guangzhou, China — June 2026: As part of AIM Talks China 2026, H.E. Fahad Al Gergawi, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade, led a high level UAE delegation concluded a series of strategic engagements in Guangzhou underscoring the accelerating momentum of UAE–China cooperation across the industrial, technological, and economic sectors driving future growth. These engagements further reinforced the event’s role as a practical platform…

Building Powerful Nations…Industrial Ownership Matters in Africa, Not Just Jobs!!!

By Dr. Benjamin Acheampong Group President/CVO, Wealth Masters Group,UK. Introduction For decades, many African economies have largely focused on producing employees rather than industrial owners, innovators, and enterprise builders. While jobs are important for economic survival, no nation rises to sustainable prosperity merely by creating workers. Nations become powerful when their people own industries, control production systems, build institutions, and create value at scale. Africa is richly blessed with natural resources, youthful talent, creativity, and market potential. Yet much of the continent remains economically vulnerable because ownership of strategic sectors…

Leveraging Africa’s Gold/Mineral Reserves for Economic Independence

Aurum Elite Bullion LLC Leads the Charge Story: Mohammed A. Abu Africa holds roughly 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, including 40% of its gold and up to 90% of chromium and platinum. The continent  is a global powerhouse for resources, containing 65% of the world’s arable land, 10% of its oil, and significant deposits of cobalt, diamonds, and uranium, making it essential to global supply chains. Against this backdrop,governments of African countries need sober reflection over the thorny issue of  political independence minus  economic independence complicated  by ever rising public…

AIFF Launched to Strengthen Continental Financial Sovereignty

African Heads of State and Government on February 14, 2026, formally launched the Africa Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIFF), a coordinated, Africa-led platform designed to accelerate the preparation and facilitation of financing for priority cross-border infrastructure projects aligned with Agenda 2063,says an official statement issued in Addis Ababa,Wednesday. The launch took place during the Third Presidential High-Level Dialogue of the Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI), convened on the margins of the 39th African Union Summit under the theme: “Strengthening Africa’s Financial Architecture to Finance Agenda 2063.” Held under the patronage of H.E.…

Ghana Makes Strides in Non-Interest Banking  Introduction

…..As Country’s Central Bank Finally Issues Guidelines Report: Mohammed A. Abu Ghana’s Central Bank (Bank of Ghana) has finally issued its Guidelines for the Regulation and Supervision of Non-Interest Banking 2025, bringing to an end, the decades long much expected introduction of  the globally  most patronized alternative financing model into the country’s financial system. The introduction of Non-interest banking came out as one of the key policy recommendations during last year’s National Economic Forum which tended to have stimulated the pursuit of a series of pragmatic action measures by the…