Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. When an American oil company discovered a massive natural gas reserve off the ...

(Bloomberg) -- South Africa is considering digging into the nation’s 459 billion rand ($24.6 billion) of foreign reserves to close a funding gap as tax revenue falls short of target, the nation’s ...

Forget Milwaukee and Brooklyn – Lagos and Dar es Salaam are the new brewery hot spots, according to U.S. mutual fund managers as they tap Africa's emerging beer companies in pursuit of long-term ...

West Africa is on the verge of becoming one of the world’s leading iron ore regions, and junior mining firms feel they could hold the key to the area’s success. By 2020, West African nations, ...

Forget remittances. The best new tool for funding Africa may be bonds marketed to African expats. When Nigerian expatriates soaked up the lion’s share of a $300 million international bond issue last ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A new U.S. law offers cuts in debt obligations to nations that channel the saved funds to ...

Ghana’s push to attract more African Americans to visit and invest makes sense, but using celebrities to drive the campaign is problematic. Not least, two years of pandemic means residents will ...

When an American oil company discovered a massive natural gas reserve off the coast of Mozambique in early 2010, the country appeared poised for a brighter future. After more than a decade of relying ...