Regional peace and economic reforms are opening up Ethiopia's and Eritrea's untapped reserves of the in-demand fertilizer additive, potash. Turning that promise into profit, however, will mean defusing lingering threats to the region's stability.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's reforms have made him the new darling of the international community. But his government's dimming domestic popularity risks sending the country into rough political waters ahead of its 2020 election.
The arrests of four Chinese contractors provide another worrying sign of Tanzania's eroding business and investment prospects under its president's nationalist agenda.
Mounting evidence of foul play in the country's Oct. 15 election could be the straw that finally breaks Maputo's back by stoking security threats and alienating the country's fastest-growing electorate.
An ongoing and still relatively unknown jihadist group has taken siege of northern Mozambique in recent years, threatening the country's new and potentially lucrative oil and gas sector.
As the country's current transformation pushes out its old political order, other ethnic factions are jockeying for power.
As Sudan turns the page on a 30-year authoritarian regime, the long-abandoned nation could emerge as one of Africa's more promising investment markets.
The East African giant's state-led economic development model has helped the country grow. Taking another step forward, however, requires a new strategy.
Nearly three decades after it lost its navy, East Africa's biggest heavyweight wants to reestablish an armed maritime fleet. In so doing, though, its lack of sea access will be only one of its problems.
With foreign companies salivating at business opportunities in Africa, and Ethiopia in particular, France's president is leading a trade delegation to Addis Ababa and neighboring capitals in the hopes of sealing some deals.
The country's ruling party will not temper its popular domestic policies ahead of elections in 2020 -- even if that means cutting off the foreign aid and investment Tanzania relies on.
If Ethiopia and Eritrea can't work out their trade issues and solve the security problems that linger from a contentious past, their relations could slip back into the acrimony that marked decades past.
