Market briefings
Concise, timely overviews of key trends and developments across African markets.
African market intelligence
Intelligence for African market decisions.
Timely research, trusted sources and clear analysis to help you understand Africa’s markets, sectors and opportunities.
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We bring together the most relevant sources and analysis so you can see the bigger picture.
Investment memos
In-depth analysis on high-potential sectors, markets and companies across Africa.
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A brief that shows its working.
Useful intelligence does more than state a view. It makes the path to that view clear, so you can test it against your own context.
How we work01
Research
A focused read of the data, policy signals and market activity that matter now.
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Sources
Primary documents and credible local reporting, with links back to the evidence.
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Synthesis
A concise view of what the signals mean for investors, operators and founders.
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Assumptions and limits
The conditions behind our view, and what we cannot know yet, stated plainly.
Coverage
Where we look
Financial services
Banks, fintech, credit and the infrastructure moving money across markets.
Agriculture
Production, trade flows, inputs and the businesses improving food systems.
Energy
Power, fuels and the transition shaping industrial growth.
Technology
Digital platforms, connectivity and the economics of adoption.
Sovereign debt
Fiscal paths, refinancing risk and the policy choices behind spreads.
FX and macro
Inflation, currencies, rates and the macro signals investors cannot ignore.
Banking
Liquidity, asset quality, regulation and the outlook for lenders.
Built for decisions
Context for people with something at stake.
Equity investors
Pressure-test a thesis with the policy, competitive and macro context underneath it.
Investors
Get to the signal faster when a market is moving and the public narrative is noisy.
Founders
Understand the market around your business and the forces that may shape your next move.
“BIA gives us the context behind the headline — and makes the uncertainty visible enough to act on.”
Investment partner, pan-African growth fund
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