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As Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo prepares to hand power to his son, Teodorín, a gas boom and fears of Chinese expansion are turning Equatorial Guinea’s notorious heir from international pariah into a partner welcomed in Washington and Texas. Aug 23, 2026 Photo Illustration by Toluwalase Onilede / THE REPUBLIC. Spanish-American consortiums had already spent a decade and a billion pesetas probing the shallow waters of the Bight of Biafra and the Bay of Corisco.

Menu Our August - October issue, Africa’s Hustle Republics, explores the social life of money across the African continent. Spanning weddings, agriculture, migration, finance and informal economies, this magazine examines the many ways Africans make, move, perform and imagine money; and what these worlds reveal about the continent today. $24.99 Our August - October issue, Africa’s Hustle Republics, explores the social life of money across the African continent.

Saheed Aderinto’s First Draft By Saheed Aderinto August 16, 2026 Illustration by Kevwe Ogini / THE REPUBLIC. Historian, Saheed Aderinto, believes the future of Nigerian academia begins with dismantling hierarchy.

Sophy does not answer at once. This is one of her more irritating tactics. She knows how to use silence. Sophy is the layer beneath the Stanley cup, the speaker, the medical robot docked near the bathroom. She is the super-agent Sophie named after herself during the first month when everyone was naming their agents and pretending the jokes did not mean their world was changing. Aug 16, 2026 Illustration by Seye San / THE REPUBLIC.

In wartime Sudan, civilians have built alternative financial networks to keep money circulating despite a broken banking system, enabling people to pay for food, healthcare and other necessities. Written by Eglal Hamid Aug 16, 2026 Tariq Abuzeid, 52, who lost his leg in a shelling attack, sits with his granddaughter in the family living room in Omdurman, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, April 25, 2026.

Our latest issue, Africa’s Hustle Republics, explores the social life of money across the African continent. Spanning weddings, agriculture, migration, finance and informal economies, this magazine examines the many ways Africans make, move, perform and imagine money; and what these worlds reveal about the continent today. Aug 16, 2026 Illustration by Shalom Ojo / THE REPUBLIC. In 2011, The Economist famously declared Africa the world’s ‘hopeful continent’.

In recent years, Lagos weddings have become spectacles, in scope, in scale, in animation and in sheer grandeur. Despite Nigeria’s economic instability, the wedding industry, especially in the country’s economic hub, continues to flourish, revealing a complex ecosystem driven by social expectations, cultural pride and rising consumerism. Aug 16, 2026 Illustration by Shalom Ojo / THE REPUBLIC.

If Kenya is the world’s leading exporter of black tea, how come the 834,000 smallholder farmers growing tea across Kenya’s highland counties still cannot meet the country’s poverty threshold? This is the story of what happens to tea money after the digital scale beeps. Aug 16, 2026 Illustration by Shalom Ojo / THE REPUBLIC.

In The Gambia, migration and remittances have become society’s measure of success and failure. Through the lives of young people, we see the emotional and financial costs of staying behind, the expectations placed on those who leave, and what it means to return home after an unsuccessful attempt to migrate. Aug 16, 2026 Illustration by Shalom Ojo / THE REPUBLIC.

As the Redeemed Christian Church of God approaches an inevitable leadership transition, one question dominates: who comes after Pastor E. A. Adeboye? Equally important is whether his successor will inherit not only the church but also the tact and influence that has defined Pastor Adeboye’s leadership. Aug 9, 2026 Photo Illustration by Toluwalase Onilede / THE REPUBLIC.