Sector BriefMay 2026
The re-industrialisation of East African food processing
How branded staples, contract farming and quality certification are re-shaping a USD 30bn category.
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Insights & Research
Perspectives on building great African companies
Sector briefings, field notes and Alliance research.
PerspectiveApril 2026
Distributed solar is quietly becoming Africa's largest infrastructure asset class
Why C&I solar-plus-storage is now bankable at scale across Tier-2 African cities.
Read note →ResearchMarch 2026
SME working capital: the missing middle, finally underwritable
Data and distribution partnerships are enabling a new generation of African SME lenders.
Read note →Field NoteFebruary 2026
What we learned from ten site visits across the Rift Valley
Operational lessons from working with contracted smallholder networks at scale.
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Cold-chain logistics: the enabling infrastructure everyone forgets
Refrigerated distribution as the constraint on Africa's fresh-produce and pharma value chains.
Read note →PerspectiveDecember 2025
Governance is the alpha
Why boards, reporting and disclosure discipline drive outsized long-term outcomes.
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