News & Insights

Global tariffs on digital services could be in place as early as 2026. This would particularly affect African countries that are maturing into interesting IT outsourcing locations.    If ...

The EU’s Global Gateway infrastructure initiative has finally picked up speed. Now the business community needs to jump on the bandwagon – and question its scepticism towards ...

Angola has decided in favour of Europe and the USA as partners for the expansion of an important railway line. This should improve access to raw materials – but only if another ...

The Table.Media team has chosen the 100 ” top minds” of the Africa scene in Germany. The Africa First Network is represented twice. The Africa.Table-Team has chosen ten ...

This week we sent out the ‘News & Insights for Members’ for the first time. Further issues will follow.  Trips to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo, new cooperations and ...

Governments and taxpayers cannot finance infrastructure projects alone. A new fund category called ELTIF is now set to attract private investors. That’s good, but unfortunately fund ...

AFN Managing Director Ulrich Rieger held talks with high-ranking representatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – including the head of state. There is great interest in ...

Another term for the ex-president would be disastrous, also for the European export industry. Governments and EU should therefore launch a trade initiative – and look southwards. ...

The food company Nestlé pays farmers premiums if they send their children to school and diversify their income. How the system works -and where it reaches its limits.   Up to 500 ...

At a business conference in Berlin this week, SPD leader Lars Klingbeil spoke about the insights he gained during his recent trip to Africa.   AFN Managing Director Ulrich Konstantin ...

“Snack for Change”: The organic cashews from the Cologne-based social enterprise are the base for a vegan product in German drugstores. One of the biggest challenges for fair ...

Development cooperation is in our own best interests. We should make it more effective, not call it into question. The AfD has taken aim at Development Minister Svenja Schulze – and ...