Ghana and Korea unveil master plan for tax modernisation
Ghana and South Korea have handed over a tax modernisation master plan backed by KOICA to broaden the tax base...
August 13, 2026Section
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Tanzania Social Media Tax Rules Start 1 July 2026
Tanzania social media tax rules force businesses to display tax identifiers publicly from 1 July 2026, raising privacy and cybersecurity...
August 13, 2026
Vodacom Saki Macozoma Retirement Set for July 2027
Vodacom Saki Macozoma retirement is now confirmed: the chairman steps down at the AGM on 20 July 2027, with Khumo...
August 13, 2026
Pentagon Acknowledges 153 Civilian Deaths in Yemen, Including Ethiopian Migrants
The Pentagon acknowledged 153 Yemen civilian deaths in 2025, including about 68 mostly Ethiopian migrants killed in an April strike...
August 13, 2026
LatAm Pre-Open — Thursday, August 13, 2026
Latin American markets: Brazil real edges up, Argentina CPI and US retail sales top the watchlist for Latin America's open....
August 13, 2026
Colombia Markets: COLCAP & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Colombia's COLCAP rose 0.29% to 2,430 on August 12 while the peso firmed to 3,135 per dollar. Why oil and...
August 13, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Merval fell 0.76% to 2,999,524 and country risk rose to 471 points. The peso was steady near 1,492 per dollar...
August 13, 2026
Chile Markets: IPSA & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Chile stocks fell on Wednesday: the S&P IPSA lost 1.31% to 10,983 and the peso slipped to 914.82 per dollar....
August 13, 2026
Mexico Markets: IPC & the Peso — August 13, 2026
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC rose 0.45% to 65,861 and the peso firmed to 17.06 per dollar as softer US core inflation...
August 13, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 13, 2026
Ibovespa: Brazil's stock market slipped on August 12 as heavyweights Vale and Itaú weighed, while the real weakened past 5.17...
August 13, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Thursday, August 13, 2026
Latin America's mood on August 13, 2026: Colombia grieves and rebuilds, Mexico looks inward, and Argentina eyes its reserves. A...
August 13, 2026
Oil Wrap: USO Holds Above US$127 as Hormuz Traffic Stays Curtailed
US crude proxy slips 0.24% while Gulf lease sale and record US stockbuild collide with Hormuz outage. Petrobras, YPF, Ecopetrol...
August 13, 2026
Zinc Wrap: Nexa Up, Buenaventura Slips on Aug 12
Nexa Resources rose 0.83% while Buenaventura fell 0.57% on Wednesday, August 12, as zinc-tracked equities diverged. Read our LatAm market...
August 13, 2026
Lithium Wrap: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia Stocks
LIT ETF rose while Albemarle and SQM fell on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Here is the lithium read across Chile,...
August 13, 2026
Copper Slips as CPER Falls; Chile, Peru Miners Steady
Copper eased Wednesday, August 12, 2026, with the CPER tracker down 0.50% as US rate bets cooled. Southern Copper and...
August 13, 2026
Gold & Silver Wrap: US$4,406 Gold as Fed-Hike Bets Cool
Gold settled at US$4,414/oz and silver at US$65.31/oz on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Tame US inflation cooled Fed hike bets....
August 13, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,768 After In-Line US Inflation
Bitcoin closed at US$63,402, barely moved by soft US inflation. Ethereum held US$1,878. We read the board for Latin America's...
August 13, 2026
France Freezes Franco-Cameroonian Activist Franklin Nyamsi’s Assets in a Legal First
France's six-month Franklin Nyamsi asset freeze is the first use of its 2024 foreign interference law's financial provisions against an...
August 13, 2026
Ecuador’s Biess Steps Up Home Lending as Housing Demand Holds
Ecuador's Biess disbursed over US$53.69 million through Credicasa and US$263.4 million in housing loans in early 2026, as mortgage demand...
August 12, 2026
A ‘Grotesque’ Failure: Fraga’s Verdict as the Banco Master Case Widens
Armínio Fraga called the Banco Master case a 'grotesque failure' of enforcement as Federal Police searched a Maceió pension fund...
August 12, 2026