[New] The AfCFTA's 40% African content threshold will disproportionately benefit countries with mature automotive ecosystems, with South Africa and Morocco positioned as the primary near-term winners.
Fitch Solutions
[New] 113 million people across Africa could be displaced within their own countries by 2050 due to climate change.
Robert Bosch Stiftung
[New] If instead the EU shuns migration from Africa, Europe's own demographic decline, which is already in progress, will accelerate and thus, like the US, its decline in global power.
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
[New] As America's demographic advantage narrows, Africa and Europe may face a changing geopolitical landscape with new risks, opportunities and strategic choices.
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
[New] By 2040, a significant proportion of the world's working-age population will be concentrated in Africa and South Asia, regions projected to experience robust population growth.
GOV.UK
[New] Cuts to USAID engineered by Elon Musk, the world's richest person, are forecast to result in the deaths of about 4.5 million young children, in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, over the next five years.
The Guardian
[New] ISS Africa analyzes U.S. conciliatory outreach to Bamako and Niamey driven by critical-minerals interests, citing Mali's projected 890,000-tonne lithium reserves and Niger's 454,000-tonne uranium reserves as the key drivers.
Stimson Center
[New] Moroccan fruit already fetches more, and South Africa is expected to lift its own exports by nearly 16% in 2026.
Kilimo Kwanza
[New] Competition with the United States will continue to drive Sino-Russian military relations, especially in areas of common interest where Moscow and Beijing could force multiply - for instance, in Central Asia, Africa, and the Arctic.
CEPA
[New] Africa exemplifies both the risks and potential resilience pathways.
Economy Middle East
[New] The State Department plans to reduce the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners from 50 to 20 in the coming weeks.
Just Security
[New] UNHCR's Southern Africa Multi-Country Office is funding refugee livelihood and economic empowerment programming in Eswatini under the same Community-Based Protection Strategy 2026 to 2029 anchoring the parallel Namibia and Botswana calls.
Impact Funding
[New] Africa is a continent of hope for the Catholic Church.
Church in Need
[New] Population growth is the largest contributor to the projected prevalence changes in central, eastern, western, and southern regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] As food cold chain infrastructure expands rapidly across Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa to reduce post-harvest losses, estimated by the FAO at 14% of food production globally, ammonia refrigeration demand is projected to grow substantially through 2033.
Persistence Market Research
[New] The Middle East and Africa are expected to have steady growth over the forecast years, driven by increasing investments in technology and a growing recognition of AI's use across various sectors.
Precedence Research
[New] The cumulative African infrastructure investment gap will expand to USD 1.59 trillion by 2040, requiring Africa to increase its infrastructure investment by 39%, compared with the global standard of 19% (Metcalfe and Valeri 2019).
SpringerLink
Last updated: 20 June 2026
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