The Weekly Beat by Mansa

As Ethiopia opens up its Telecommunications space, bidders rushed to the Eastern African nation to get a piece of the pie as the nation seeks to open up the lucrative telecoms sector. After the first round of bids, Ethiopia awarded a telecoms licence to a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom. However, what does this mean for bidders like MTN who lost out on the licence in this bidding round?

As Africa's last absolute monarchy battles mass pro-democracy protests, we look at what this means for the Kingdom of Eswatini and business alike.

As the world mourns African liberation hero and Zambia's founding father, Kenneth Kaunda, we look at his legacy, wherever Zambia is economically and whether the newly opened Kazungula bridge will boost the economy.

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil exporter and yet also a major gasoline importer.As the country tries to rebuild its oil refineries , the state has demanded for a stake in at least six of them, including Dangote’s monster 650,000 barrels-per-day plant. We breakdown the impact of these refineries on the economy

The WTO just released their tally of its members’ notification submissions. With morethan 3,000 notifications about product requirements for traded goods, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda were responsible for 26% of the notifications submitted in 2020. What does this spellFor the bloc’s investment outlook?

The Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority has $2.1 billion of assets under management. We look at how Africa’s sovereign wealth funds can help finance major projects on the continent

A dozen African leaders, several European leaders and a dozen heads of international organisations will be received on Tuesday by French president Emmanuel Macron for a summit on the revival of the African economy, and the impact of the pandemic.But what does this mean for the continent?

As South Africa's ruling party the African National Congress faces a power struggle, we look at what this means for the richest country in the continent and what it can do to reform itself?

The move to reopen economies continues in Africa, as several countries struggle to secure vaccines for their citizens. On this episode, we look at Africa's preparedness logistically and financially to secure enough vaccines for the people.