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AFRICA SOLUTIONS WEEK 2026: Influential Leaders Gather in Paris to Shape Africa’s Economic Future

Finance, investment, innovation and diplomacy take centre stage as prominent African and international decision-makers convene in the French capital. Paris, October 23, 2026 | CEMAC-ECO.FINANCE The fourth edition of Africa...
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Film Industry: Clémentine Célarié, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, and Richard Sammel Headline the 8th Edition of the “L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma” Festival

From November 5 to 14, 2026, the EICAR Paris campus will host the 8th edition of the international film festival L’Afrique Fait Son Cinéma. By appointing Clémentine Célarié and Lucien...
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Dubbing: how Nigerian films crossed the language border

Nollywood dubbed into French conquered francophone Africa two decades ago. The traffic is only now starting to move the other way. Dubbing is the cheapest cultural export policy nobody funds....
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Mobile first: the set is no longer the screen

Across Central Africa, more people watch video on a phone than on a television set. Broadcasters still sell advertising as if the opposite were true. The television business in the...
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After the streamers: Nollywood’s YouTube turn

Global platforms arrived in Nigeria with commissioning budgets, then pulled back. African producers rebuilt on the platform that never left: YouTube. For a few years, streaming money transformed African screen...
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Collywood: making films in a conflict zone

Cameroon’s English-language film industry grew up in Buea, at the foot of Mount Cameroon. Then the region became a war zone. The films kept coming, from elsewhere. Long before streaming,...
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Three years of the Grammys’ African category, and Central Africa is still missing

The Recording Academy created a Best African Music Performance award. Its winners so far have come from South Africa and Nigeria. The gap says less about talent than about infrastructure....
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Mama-say, mama-sa: the hook Africa lent the world

One phrase from a Cameroonian saxophonist’s 1972 B-side became one of the most recognisable refrains in pop music. The story of who got paid, and when, is the story of...
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Jumia’s long march to profit

Africa’s best-known e-commerce company has spent a decade proving that selling online on the continent is hard. Its management says profitability is close. It has said that before. Jumia listed...
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Strive Masiyiwa’s bet: Africa’s own AI capacity

The Zimbabwean-born founder of Econet and Cassava Technologies has announced plans to build artificial intelligence computing capacity on African soil. The question is whether the continent can afford to run...
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Taxing mobile money: Ghana scrapped it, Cameroon kept it

Governments across Africa tried to tax digital transfers. Ghana’s levy became so unpopular it was abolished. Cameroon’s is still collected. Which approach raised money, and which drove people back to...
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Nigeria’s banks have recapitalised. What does that mean for the rest of Africa?

The Central Bank of Nigeria gave its banks two years to raise capital, with a deadline in March 2026. The consequences reach far beyond Lagos — including into Central Africa,...
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Buying land back home: the diaspora’s most expensive mistake

Every Central African family abroad knows a version of the story: money sent for a plot, a house half built, a title that turns out to belong to someone else....
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Diaspora bonds: Nigeria did it in 2017, so why not Cameroon?

Central Africa’s diaspora sends money home every month. No CEMAC state has ever asked it to lend. Nigeria raised $300m from its diaspora in 2017. The idea deserves a serious...
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