Africa’s trade map is being quietly redrawn. Across the continent, secondary cities are emerging as critical logistics, production, and consumption hubs, reshaping how goods move, where value is created, and how investors should think about location strategy in 2026 and beyond. 1. Introduction: The end of megacity dominance For three decades, Africa’s trade has been organised around a handful of congested coastal and capital cities such as Lagos, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Accra, and Abidjan,...

The UK’s renewed engagement with East Asia in 2026 is not a cosmetic pivot but a structural repositioning of its trade strategy, centred on a pragmatic reset with China and a security-anchored deepening with Japan. For Safari International’s clients operating between the UK, East Africa and Asia, this “triple‑play” changes how routes are planned, contracts are structured, risks are priced, and currencies are chosen for settlement. 1. The China “Reset”: Pragmatism Over Posturing After nearly...

Introduction As the dust settles on the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, one conclusion has crystallised across boardrooms, policy chambers, and trading floors: trade is no longer an economic endeavour. It has become a matter of sovereign survival. The stakes could not have been clearer. In mid-January, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs ranging from 10 percent escalating to 25 percent on eight European nations, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the...