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Analysis DRC Security Geopolitics Power Mining

One year of the Washington Accords: peace on paper only

Two negotiating tracks, five oversight committees, and a front line that keeps moving. What the DRC–Rwanda process has and has not delivered.

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2 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Data Note Angola Kenya Côte d'Ivoire DRC Ghana Capital Debt Policy

Africa's 2026 bond window: fastest start since 2013

Six billion dollars in seven weeks, tighter spreads, and buybacks replacing new money. A tracker of who issued, at what price, and why.

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3 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Explainer Angola Kenya Côte d'Ivoire DRC Capital Governance Policy

What FATF grey-listing does to an African bank

Grey-listing is not a sanction and does not require enhanced due diligence by itself. It still raises the cost of every dollar that crosses a border.

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3 Min
By: Tom Kayo
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Analysis Angola DRC Zambia Infrastructure Trade Geopolitics

The Lobito Corridor: A Rail Line, a Superpower Contest, and the New Geography of African Trade

Backed by Washington and pitched as the West’s answer to Chinese mining dominance, the Lobito Corridor is moving from blueprint to proving ground. Its real test isn’t geopolitics — it’s whether the trains run on time.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo
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Analysis DRC Angola Zambia Energy Infrastructure

The Stranded Surplus: Grand Inga, Power Pools and Africa's Test of Electrifying Itself

Angola is months from switching on one of Africa's biggest dams and already holds power it cannot sell; Zambia, a few hundred kilometres away, recently endured blackouts of up to 21 hours. Africa's electrification problem is no longer resource scarcity — it is grids, governance and the price of…

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11 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis DRC Capital Policy Governance

The price of standing forest: debt swaps, carbon and the Congo Basin's hard bargain

— Three years after Gabon's blue bond, African governments are converting debt distress and forest cover into financial leverage — while carbon markets nurse an integrity hangover and donors pledge faster than they pay.

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11 Min
By: Tom Kayo
Analysis Angola DRC Zambia South Africa Mining Infrastructure Trade

Southern Africa's Power Triangle: How Angola, the DRC, Zambia and South Africa Are Being Rewired

Copper, cobalt, ports and rail are reorganising Southern Africa's economic geography. Four countries hold the pieces — but conflict, capacity and competing patrons will decide whether integration or extraction wins.

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5 Min
By: Tom Kayo

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