While this tiny port state may not be ranked highly on one’s list when it comes to naming African countries, it actually occupies an area of incredible geopolitical and commercial importance.

South Africa has a housing supply backlog of at least 2.2 million ... housing but too little to obtain traditional bank-financed homes in the open market. Renier Kriek, managing director at Sentinel ...

This week’s quiz: On 1 February, I asked you a question about our article “African nations set to light up the homes of 300 million people by 2030”. Nearly 600 million Africans live without ...