Two Southern African Airports Hit Jet Fuel Trouble in One Week
A jet fuel shortage disrupted supply at OR Tambo after a Sasol refinery outage, while a contaminated cargo left Namibia...
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Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, August 28, 2026
Rio Times Africa Intelligence Brief August 28, 2026 The Eve of Luanda Read the continent this morning and the register...
August 28, 2026
Congo’s 10 Percent Ownership Rule Is Due. The Decree Is Not.
Congolese ownership of at least 10 percent of mining companies is now due in DR Congo, but the decree explaining...
August 28, 2026
I&M Group Cleared US$79 Million, Led by Rwanda and Uganda
I&M Group made Sh10.2 billion after tax in the six months to June, with Rwanda and Uganda growing fast while...
August 28, 2026
Nigeria Is Back in the FTSE Frontier Index, Three Years On
Nigeria frontier market status returns on 21 September after FTSE Russell cleared the settlement cycle, three years after the country...
August 28, 2026
Sudan Let Banks Set Dollar Rates and the Pound Hit a Record Low
The Sudanese pound fell to a record 6,400 per dollar on the parallel market after the central bank let commercial...
August 28, 2026
South Africa’s Defence Force Cannot Cover Its Own Wage Bill
South Africa defence spending on salaries will overshoot by R3.3 billion this year, the minister told parliament, with larger gaps...
August 28, 2026
South Africa Blames Its Water Crisis on the Municipalities
Ramaphosa told parliament the water crisis stems from municipal failures, as audits put 47 percent of South Africa's wastewater works...
August 28, 2026
Luanda Summit Asks Why Africa’s Peace Machinery Keeps Failing
African Union Luanda summit: What it is: The 21st Extraordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, on strengthening the AU...
August 28, 2026
Six Million Somalis Are Short of Food, and WFP Reaches One in Ten
The Somalia hunger crisis leaves nearly six million people acutely food insecure, with WFP reaching about 600,000 and seeking US$198...
August 28, 2026
Ethiopia Wants AFCON 2028 and Is Racing to Build Its Stadiums
The Ethiopia AFCON 2028 bid went to CAF again on 24 August, but the country has two approved stadiums and...
August 28, 2026
Libya Is Selling Europe Gas It Currently Cannot Export
Libya gas exports to Italy fell to 105 million cubic feet a day in 2025, a 22-year low, even as...
August 28, 2026
Kinshasa Shuts the Universities It No Longer Controls
Congo universities suspended in Goma and Bukavu will not teach for the 2026-2027 year, after AFC/M23 installed its own management...
August 28, 2026
Liberia Grew 5.1 Percent, and the World Bank Calls It Jobless
Liberia growth reached an estimated 5.1 percent in 2025, driven by a 42 percent surge in iron ore output, with...
August 28, 2026
Kenya Airways Plans US$22m of Wi-Fi as Its Losses Widen
The Kenya Airways Wi-Fi rollout starts on long-haul aircraft in Q2 2027 at US$20-22m, announced with a Ksh16.1 billion (US$124m)...
August 28, 2026
Malawi’s Central Bank Unlawfully Cut Pay. Now Comes the Bill
A Malawi Reserve Bank salary ruling found a 2020 executive pay cut unlawful, and press reports put resulting payouts in...
August 28, 2026
Ramaphosa Promises Arrests, but Cannot Put a Number on Them
South Africa xenophobic violence brought a presidential promise of arrests on 25 August, but no arrest figure, charge or named...
August 28, 2026
Ghana Builds a Committee Before It Builds a Crypto Licence
Ghana virtual assets oversight now runs through a five-agency committee, with the licensing law targeted for full operation only in...
August 28, 2026
Ghana Cut Its Way to a Surplus, and the World Bank Noticed
The Ghana World Bank economic update reports 6 percent growth and debt down to 49 percent of GDP, but warns...
August 28, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 27: the UN names South Africa’s anti-migrant violence, Congo’s Ebola count rises, and gold pauses...
August 27, 2026