Africa is steadily moving toward the centre of the global economic story. Its population is growing rapidly, its economies are expanding and the continent holds many of the resources increasingly important to global industry and the energy transition.

Yet Africa remains economically small relative to its demographic weight. Trade is still heavily commodity-led, investment is uneven, industrialisation remains concentrated and economic structures differ markedly across countries and regions.

This combination of scale, growth and structural gaps is precisely what makes Africa important. The opportunity is substantial, but it cannot be understood or approached as a single continental story.

ANDAMAN PARTNERS presents perspectives on selected key issues with a more granular view of where Africa is changing, where economic momentum is building and where the strongest opportunities and constraints lie.

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