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Andres Schipani

East and central Africa bureau chief

Andres Schipani is the east and central Africa bureau chief of the Financial Times based in Nairobi. He was previously Brazil correspondent and, before moving to São Paulo, he was the Andes and Caribbean correspondent based in Bogotá.

He has also worked in the newspaper's New York bureau as a markets and emerging markets reporter. A native of Buenos Aires, he is a graduate of the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

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  • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
    The Big Read
    Congo’s election: a chance to finally meet its economic potential?

    A successful vote might pave the way to a minerals-driven boom that lifts millions out of poverty. But opposition figures say it isn’t a fair fight

    President Félix Tshisekedi
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    InterviewDR Congo
    Congo’s Félix Tshisekedi dismisses talk of rigged presidential election

    DRC president insists vote will be ‘transparent and democratic’ but opponents warn of possible cheating

    Félix Tshisekedi
  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Lumumba Plot — the truth behind the killing of an African icon

    Stuart A Reid’s thriller-like investigation stitches together the evidence for CIA involvement in the killing of the Congolese leader

  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    UK immigration
    Home secretary insists UK still committed to Rwanda asylum plan

    James Cleverly says scheme is ‘incredibly important’ after downplaying it as not ‘be all and end all’

    James Cleverly
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia’s only foreign-owned finance group withdraws citing FX constraints

    Departure of Ethio Lease is a blow to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s push to attract investors

    Commuters and pedestrians use a street crossing in Addis Ababa
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Diamonds and gemstones
    Diamond certification head hits out at G7 plans to target Russian producers

    Chair of Kimberley Process says African countries view proposal as a penalty that will cause ‘irreparable harm’

    Ahmed bin Sulayem, chair of the Kimberley Process
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
    Sudan
    Sudan war escalates as paramilitary forces aim for complete control of Darfur

    UN says situation in African country is ‘catastrophic’, with 25mn people in need of humanitarian assistance

    Soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces escort Darfur’s governor
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
    African economy
    US strikes four African countries off preferential trade list

    Uganda, Gabon, CAR and Niger penalised for human rights violations and lack of democratic progress

    Supporters of Niger’s National Concil of Sefeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) hold Niger national flags
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Peruvian tourism steps up from trekking to luxury experiences

    The sector is setting out to attract more lucrative upmarket visitors after a pandemic low

    A man steers his straw gondola
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Deep divide persists between ‘two Perus’

    The gulf between Lima and the poorer south remains a hurdle to national economic revival

    An Andean woman walks next to Alpacas
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    Protests threaten to dent the outlook for Peruvian copper

    Government tries to unblock investment but projects trigger a backlash in rural areas

    Demonstrators stand on a blocked road in protest of a mining project
  • Friday, 20 October, 2023
    Special ReportInvesting in Peru
    How a unique recipe took Peru to the top table of global cuisine

    A wealth of ingredients and cultures made food a source of pride and ‘agent of change’

    Staff prepare dishes at restaurant Central in Lima, Peru
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    The Big Read
    Ethiopia’s plan to rebuild in the wake of a ‘brutal’ war

    After a peace deal ended the conflict in Tigray, the country is on the slow road to recovery. But lingering animosity threatens progress

    Abiy Ahmed, Getachew Reda, foreground. Background: People react as captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2021.
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Moral Money
    Investing in the world’s poorest country Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, Singapore’s central bank head calls for action on carbon pricing and blended finance

    Evariste Ndayishimiye in a crowd of people wearing Burundi’s national colours of red, white and green
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Climate change
    African leaders back global carbon tax to pay for green energy in poorer nations

    Climate summit calls for six-fold increase in renewable energy across the continent

    Delegates on stage at the Africa Climate Summit
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Moral Money
    Inside the inaugural Africa Climate Summit Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter, investment plans to wean Indonesia off coal fail to materialise

    Delegates of the Africa Climate Summit outside the venue in Nairobi
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Climate legislation
    New EU climate chief to explore controversial carbon capture strategy

    Bloc countries divided on upgrading climate change targets

    Wopke Hoekstra, the Dutch nominee to be EU climate commissioner
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Climate change
    Kenya’s president calls for African debt relief to fight climate change

    Appeal to reduce financial demands on indebted nations comes as Nairobi hosts first Africa Climate Summit

    Kenyan president William Ruto speaks at the first Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi on Monday
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    DR Congo
    UN ‘alarmed’ by deaths during protest against its DRC peacekeeping force

    Human rights groups accuse military of shooting civilians during unrest that left dozens of people dead

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Ethiopia
    ‘God wants us away from our enemies’: bitter legacy of war splits Ethiopian church

    Breakaway bishops form separate Tigray denomination in schism that risks inflaming tensions in wake of brutal conflict

    Ethiopian worshippers celebrate the Orthodox Easter at a church in the city of Lalibela
  • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
    News in-depthSafaricom Ltd
    Safaricom’s mobile money rollout in Ethiopia marks moment for ‘last frontier’

    Privatisation wave makes country of 120mn people a tempting target for digital services

    A Safaricom advert in Nairobi
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Africa
    Wagner’s lucrative African operations thrown into post-Prigozhin limbo

    Founder’s demise casts fresh doubt over Russia’s ability to maintain mercenary deployments on the continent

  • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
    InterviewEthiopia
    Ethiopia seeks help to find $20bn for post-conflict reconstruction

    Finance minister Ahmed Shide calls on international institutions and foreign investors to aid recovery from civil war

    A farming family in Tigray, Ethiopia
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Sudan
    More than 4mn Sudanese displaced by ‘senseless’ war, says UN

    6mn people ‘one step away’ from famine in 4-month conflict between warring generals, says refugee agency

    A Sudanese woman, who fled the conflict, in Chad
  • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
    Private equity
    CVC explores sale of troubled Kenyan tea plantation

    Kericho site in Kenya had a history of violence and sexual abuse allegations before Unilever sold it to private equity last year

    Farm workers emerge from a plantation in Kenya’s Kericho highlands
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