Africa is entering a more consequential second half of 2026 — elections are testing reforms, currencies are stabilising unevenly, investors are returning to African debt, inflation is proving sticky and capital-market gains are creating new pockets of wealth.

Three days before Zambia’s presidential election, the campaign is entering its decisive phase. Incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema is defending his economic record against his…

The country’s natural resources have put the vote under intense international scrutiny.