Kagame Says Rwanda Wants a Stake in Dangote’s Lamu Refinery
Rwanda would be happy to take a stake in Aliko Dangote's US6 billion refinery planned at Lamu in Kenya, President...
August 26, 2026Section
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Nigeria China trade hit US$17.4 billion in the first half of 2026 as exports to China jumped 81% to US$2.25...
August 26, 2026
Shell and NNPC Sign Terms for US$21 Billion Bonga Project
NNPC, Shell, Esso and Agip signed addenda for Bonga South West Aparo, a deepwater project that could draw US$21bn and...
August 26, 2026
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African music royalties worth US$286 million go uncollected each year in Kenya and Nigeria alone. A new US programme is...
August 26, 2026
A Frozen US$140 Million Loan Stalls Cameroon’s First Bauxite Mine
Cameroon bauxite exports have stalled after AFG Bank suspended a US$140 million facility for the Minim Martap mine, with US$75...
August 26, 2026
Angola Awards US$492.89 Million Dam Deal to Its Own Lender
Angola awarded a US$492.89 million Capanda dam contract without tender to a consortium including Gemcorp, which also provides the credit...
August 26, 2026
Mozambique Spent a Third of Its Gas Money, Zero on the Hospital
Mozambique spent just 37.37% of the budget funded by Rovuma gas revenues in the first half of 2026, and a...
August 26, 2026
Rodríguez Says Venezuela Exchange Rate Gap Fell to 12.3 Percent
Delcy Rodríguez said oil output topped 1.23 million barrels per day and the gap between official and parallel exchange rates...
August 25, 2026
Brazil Police Raid Municipal Offices in Banco Master Pension Probe
Federal Police served six warrants in Campo Grande over municipal pension money placed in liquidated Banco Master, part of a...
August 25, 2026
Ex-Prosecutor Accuses Fiscal Camargo of Order to Drop Petro Charge
Ex-prosecutor Marcela Laborde alleges Fiscal General Luz Adriana Camargo ordered her to drop the money-laundering charge against Nicolás Petro.
August 25, 2026
Bolivia Ends Diesel Subsidy for Large Consumers as YPFB Admits Crisis
Bolivia ended its diesel subsidy for large consumers as YPFB admitted a structural crisis, and President Paz launched a US$92.7...
August 25, 2026
BTG Pactual Gets Green Light to Trade Natural Gas in Colombia
BTG Pactual confirmed authorization to trade natural gas in Colombia, as Minerva made the first direct Colombian beef tallow shipment...
August 25, 2026
Colombia Quake Insurance Claims Triple as Court Weighs Pension Reform
Insurers received 36,415 claims from Colombia's 10 August 2026 earthquake, with an estimated cost of US$394 million, Fasecolda reported.
August 25, 2026
Caputo Demands Law to Punish Journalists Over ‘Unfounded’ Reports
Economy Minister Luis Caputo called for a law to punish journalists for 'unfounded' reports after being linked to the Lenor...
August 25, 2026
YPF Seeks Record US$16 Billion Loan as Milei Faces Congress Test
YPF hired JP Morgan to raise up to US$16 billion for Argentina LNG Phase 3, a record private project finance...
August 25, 2026
Foreign Investors Return to B3 as Squadra Flags Hapvida Mistake
Foreign investors put R$1.7 billion (≈US$331 million) into B3 equities on 21 August, reversing heavy outflows, as Squadra called Hapvida...
August 25, 2026
Brazil Senate Committee Takes Up PEC Ending 6×1 Work Schedule
Brazil's Senate CCJ received the PEC ending the 6x1 work schedule; rapporteur Omar Aziz will keep the Chamber text and...
August 25, 2026
Brazil Studies Employer Contribution to Curb Pejotização Hiring
Brazil is studying a pejotização employer contribution for firms with mostly PJ workforces, Minister Dario Durigan said, as revenue losses...
August 25, 2026
Brazil Zeros IPI Tax From 2027, Unlocks US$2.6 Billion in Credit
Brazil will zero the IPI industrial tax from January 2027, except Manaus free-zone goods, and unlocks US$2.6 billion in credit...
August 25, 2026
Morgan Stanley Brazil Report Warns of Complacency Before Election
A Morgan Stanley Brazil report warns against policy complacency before October's elections, sketching a bear case of a weaker currency...
August 25, 2026