Zambia Suspends Vote Count After Violence Hits Presidential Election
Zambia suspends vote count after violence against poll staff and ballot theft; the ECZ later resumed the count under heightened...
August 15, 2026Section
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Absa Sells Two Kenyan Insurers to Mudavadi-Linked Investment Firm
Absa Life Assurance Kenya sale confirmed: Absa Group offloads 63.32% stakes in two Kenyan insurers to a Mudavadi-linked firm for...
August 15, 2026
Kenya Treasury Projects Wider US$8.9 Billion Budget Deficit
Kenya's budget deficit is set to widen to about US$8.9 billion (KSh1.15 trillion) in 2026/27, as weak revenue and heavy...
August 15, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Saturday, August 15, 2026
Latin American Pulse on 14 Aug 2026: Colombia mourns 281 quake victims, Brazil feels market strain, and Argentina bets big...
August 15, 2026
Argentina Markets: Merval & the Peso — August 15, 2026
Argentina's Merval fell below the 3 million mark on August 14, closing at 2,947,349, while the peso held near 1,488...
August 15, 2026
Brazil Markets: Ibovespa & the Real — August 15, 2026
Brazil stocks fell a ninth straight session as the Ibovespa slid to 166,934 and the dollar closed above R$5.21. Read...
August 15, 2026
Brazil Grains Wrap: Soy, Corn, Wheat Rise Friday
Soybeans, corn and wheat trackers all rose on Friday, August 14, 2026. Here is why China demand, the South American...
August 15, 2026
Latin America Steel Slips on China Tariff Trade
Brazil's Gerdau, CSN and Mexico's Ternium fell Friday as the SLX steel ETF dipped. Trade defences against cheap Chinese steel...
August 15, 2026
Iron Ore Wrap: Vale Falls Despite Firmer China Steel Data
Vale's New York shares slipped while the global iron ore benchmark firmed slightly on Chinese steel output and imports. Read...
August 15, 2026
Gold Gains, Silver Flat on Softer Dollar
Gold settled higher Friday, August 14, 2026, while silver was nearly flat. A softer dollar and negative real yields supported...
August 15, 2026
Bitcoin Slides Below US$63,000; Crypto Friday Wrap
Bitcoin fell 0.67% to US$62,976 on Friday, August 14, 2026, while Ethereum slipped 0.18%. We unpack the drivers and what...
August 15, 2026
Nearly Half of Young South Africans Are Not Working or in Training
The South Africa youth NEET rate reached 45.6 percent for people aged 15 to 34 in the first quarter of...
August 15, 2026
Uranium Found in DR Congo Cobalt Shipments to China, Report Says
A peer-reviewed study estimates uranium in DR Congo cobalt exports to China reached 2,000–5,000 tonnes between 2000 and 2024, prompting...
August 15, 2026
Inside the US$5 Billion Plan to Keep Africa’s Cotton Jobs in Africa
A US$5 billion cotton industrialisation plan backed by the WTO aims to process 25% of Africa's cotton locally and create...
August 15, 2026 Kenya Diesel Prices Fall as Petrol and Kerosene Hold Steady
Kenya diesel prices fell Sh5 per litre from August 15, 2026 while petrol and kerosene held steady, as EPRA cited...
August 15, 2026
Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second Largest on Record
The DRC Ebola outbreak has reached 4,665 cases and 2,184 deaths across six provinces, with no vaccine approved for the...
August 15, 2026
MTN Writes Down Iran Again as Its Trapped Stake Keeps Costing
The MTN Iran impairment of R2.13 a share will cut statutory earnings per share by 20% to 30%, even as...
August 15, 2026
Zimbabwe Declares a Disaster After 46 Die on Lake Kariba
The Lake Kariba ferry disaster has killed 46 people. Zimbabwe's civil protection unit says the vessel carried 114 adults against...
August 15, 2026
Botswana’s US$16 Billion Railway Has a Study, a Route and No Start Date
The Trans-Kalahari Railway feasibility study is complete, but Botswana's minister says the US$16 billion coal line cannot pay for itself...
August 15, 2026
Rwanda Will Name 22 Baby Gorillas. Here Is What That Is Worth
Kwita Izina 2026 will name 22 mountain gorilla infants on 4 September at Kinigi, taking Rwanda's total to 460, in...
August 15, 2026