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Across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, electricity tariffs have risen sharply in 2026. The reform wave was necessary — but not equally shared.

After years of chasing consumers who couldn’t pay, Africa’s surviving EdTech companies are pivoting to government contracts — a harder sale with a very different unit economics.

Interest rate trajectories, FX stabilisation, and DFI appetite are aligning in a way that hasn’t existed since 2021. Africa’s IPO window may be opening.

African teachers are leaving for the UK, Gulf, and private schools at rates that threaten public education systems continent-wide. The numbers explain why.

60% of Sub-Saharan African youth aged 15-24 are neither employed nor in education or training. The problem is not a skills mismatch — it is a transition infrastructure failure.

More than half of Sub-Saharan African children are taught in a language they do not speak at home. This is not a cultural choice — it is a policy failure with measurable economic consequences.

More than half of Sub-Saharan African children are taught in a language they do not speak at home. This is not a cultural choice — it is a policy failure with measurable economic consequences.

The Trump administration has not abandoned Africa’s energy sector — it has rebranded it. USAID grants are out. EXIM Bank commercial credit is in. What this means for governments that built energy plans around US concessional finance.