Business and Economy

Now that the old king has been overthrown, will Sudan’s institutions survive a new one? After long 30 years and four continuous months of peaceful anti-government protests, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir was overthrown on 11...

In October 2017, the US lifted economic and trade sanctions on Sudan, which have been in place since 1997, due to cooperation with the Sudanese government in fighting terrorism and reducing conflict. However, contrary to Sudanese hopes of improved economic conditions,...

The endless lines outside bakeries and petrol stations seem to suggest a purposeful naivety to dire economic and politics woes. The Kafkaesque bureaucratic systems that requires an element of nepotism to vitalise it into animation. The...

Slavery is when two groups of people wage war against one another. The victors take the defeated as slaves, the former would then either sell the latter or place them in forced servitude. Traditionally, slavery was...

When the ongoing protests began in Sudan on 19 December 2018, calling for the overthrow of President Omar Al Bashir, quite a few took a step back to contemplate the implications — what comes next? As...

For as long as most millennials can remember, the Sudanese economy has been a source of grievance. Prices have always been too high and salaries too low. In addition, commodities such as gas, flour, fruits and vegetables,...

Regardless of Sudan’s political and economic climate, Sudan is seeing a growing drive for entrepreneurship. Aspiring entrepreneurs have many platforms to approach that can help them turn their ideas into real businesses. This year, new initiatives...

Fatima Elsanousi on the prospects of the disruptive forces of startups in Sudan. ...Read More

In the final part of this three-part series, Ahmed takes initiative and fulfills his ambitions....Read More

In part 2 of this three-part series, Ahmed recounts his experience during his first job at MTN....Read More