# Africa.com Africa.com is a leading digital platform delivering insight on Africa's business, policy, innovation, and culture — connecting global audiences to the ideas shaping the continent's future. Page: Feed: --- ## [West Africa's Cocoa Belt Is Heading Into a Supply Crisis](https://africacom.substack.com/p/west-africas-cocoa-belt-is-heading) _2026-08-06 · Africa.com_ Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire project sharp production declines, AI now drives 55% of African cybercrime, and Zambia votes in one week. ## [On Homecomings, Liberation Architecture, and the Myth of the Blank Slate](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-homecomings-liberation-architecture) _2026-08-02 · Africa.com_ Zanele Muholi returns to South Africa. MoMA asks what a building says about freedom. In Nairobi, an artist refuses erasure. ## [A Super El Nino Is Building. Africa's Investment Story Is Still Accelerating.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/a-super-el-nino-is-building-africas) _2026-07-29 · Africa.com_ The AfDB warns of a 10 to 20 billion dollar climate hit, Standard Bank confirms 1.2 billion dollars in renminbi trade flows, and Dangote picks Kenya's Lamu for a 17 billion dollar second refinery. ## [On Missing Paintings, Market Records, and Who Really Controls African Art](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-missing-paintings-market-records) _2026-07-12 · Africa.com_ A gallery in Cape Town is accused of holding artists' work hostage. An 82-year-old Ghanaian sculptor just outsold everyone at Frieze New York. Both stories are about the same thing. ## [When the Middle East Burns, Africa Pays](https://africacom.substack.com/p/when-the-middle-east-burns-africa) _2026-07-09 · Africa.com_ As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire collapses and the Strait of Hormuz closes again, the countries least responsible for the conflict are absorbing the heaviest costs. ## [Africa's Sovereign Debt Markets Are Reopening. Washington's Tariff Clock Is Running.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/africas-sovereign-debt-markets-are) _2026-07-06 · Africa.com_ Vodacom takes control of Safaricom, Ethiopia restructures its Eurobond, oil falls to 72 dollars, and the US opens tariff hearings on eight African nations today. ## [On Portraiture, Political Imagination, and a City That Changed the Map](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-portraiture-political-imagination) _2026-07-05 · Africa.com_ MoMA closes in three weeks. Lagos just opened its first museum of modern art. Both matter. ## [What If the Problem Is the Leader?](https://africacom.substack.com/p/what-if-the-problem-is-the-leader) _2026-07-04 · Africa.com_ A new masterclass asks the question modern organisations have been avoiding. ## [One Week Left to Apply: The Aspire Leaders Program](https://africacom.substack.com/p/one-week-left-to-apply-the-aspire) _2026-07-03 · Africa.com_ Building Africa's Next Generation of Global Leaders ## [China Rewires Africa's Trade Finance](https://africacom.substack.com/p/china-rewires-africas-trade-finance) _2026-06-30 · Africa.com_ Standard Bank becomes Africa's renminbi clearing gateway, Dangote moves to build the world's largest refinery, and South Africa's June 30 deadline arrives. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GGdGHw7wHArs) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [On Borders, Empty Booths, and the Art World's Passport Problem](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-borders-empty-booths-and-the-art) _2026-06-28 · Africa.com_ The art world claims to be borderless. This week in Basel, two African galleries proved it is not. ## [The IMF Is Back in Dakar. Africa's Sovereign Markets Are Open for Business.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/the-imf-is-back-in-dakar-africas) _2026-06-23 · Africa.com_ Senegal signals credibility with a $104 million early payment, the DRC prints its first Eurobond four times oversubscribed, and Kenya's streets are sending governments a clear message on the cost of t ## [On the Beautiful Game, Pan-Africanism, and a Market Finding Its Footing](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-the-beautiful-game-pan-africanism) _2026-06-21 · Africa.com_ Fifty artists in Miami. Three hundred works in London. One number that tells you where the market really stands. ## [Six Weeks to Respond. Eight African Economies in Washington's Crosshairs.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/six-weeks-to-respond-eight-african) _2026-06-17 · Africa.com_ US forced labour tariffs target Africa's largest economies, the Dangote IPO draws $2 billion before a share is offered, and Bharti Airtel moves to take Airtel Africa private. ## [Register Now: Executive Roundtable](https://africacom.substack.com/p/register-now-executive-roundtable) _2026-06-15 · Africa.com_ Eunomia Global convenes senior leaders on 17 June ## [On Money, Memory, and Who the Market Belongs To](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-money-memory-and-who-the-market) _2026-06-14 · Africa.com_ As the world's art collectors gather in Basel, the African art market is asking harder questions than ever before. ## [The Iran conflict has re-escalated. The oil price picture has changed.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/the-iran-conflict-has-re-escalated) _2026-06-11 · Africa.com_ Update: Edition 008, June 11 ## [Africa Rewrites the Rules on Critical Minerals](https://africacom.substack.com/p/africa-rewrites-the-rules-on-critical) _2026-06-11 · Africa.com_ The DRC triples lithium royalties, South Africa's xenophobia crisis creates new operating risks, and Middle East de-escalation offers cautious relief for Africa's oil importers. ## [On Presence, Power, and the Places That Could Not Ignore Them](https://africacom.substack.com/p/on-presence-power-and-the-places) _2026-06-07 · Africa.com_ From a medieval square in Basel to a presidential lobby in Chicago, a new era announces itself. ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gyI8t79juLtZ) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [A constitution holds, a vote lands, a virus spreads.](https://africacom.substack.com/p/a-constitution-holds-a-vote-lands) _2026-06-04 · Africa.com_ The institutions are holding. The votes are counting. The outbreak is not waiting.