June 9, 2026 | Africa Economy & Policy | By The Africa Standard Continent Desk Africa entered the second half of 2026 confronting a trio of challenges that its development …
Africa’s economies are growing, but not fast enough, and certainly not with enough financial backing to close the gap between the continent’s development ambitions and the hard reality of global …
The June 25 forum in Lagos marks a decade of structured economic engagement, with senior policymakers and the European Investment Bank poised to deepen private sector financing across energy, digital …
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation’s explosive departure from the opposition coalition lays bare the fragility of efforts to mount a credible challenge against President Tinubu’s re-election …
BREAKING NEWS DESK | INTERNATIONAL BUREAU | JUNE 7, 2026 Africa economic momentum faces its most serious external test in years as the African Development Bank warned this week that …
Africa’s stands at a defining economic crossroads in June 2026 as a mounting sovereign debt crisis threatens to derail one of the world’s most promising long-term growth narratives. With African …
ABUJA / NAIROBI | June 3, 2026 | Theafricastandard.com Breaking News The International Energy Agency issued one of its starkest warnings yet on Tuesday, declaring that Africa risks remaining energy-poor …
Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | Breaking News Africa’s economies are growing faster than any other region on earth in 2026, but the African Development Bank’s flagship annual report released Tuesday …
Africa stands at the center of the most significant geopolitical trade realignment since decolonization, as China’s zero-tariff offer to 53 African nations, announced in June 2025, begins to reshape commerce, …
Africa’s security landscape deteriorated sharply in the first half of 2026, with the Sudan civil war entering a new phase of brutality, jihadist insurgencies extending beyond the Sahel into coastal …
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