Global Goods Trade Hits US$13.7 Trillion on Higher Prices
Global goods trade reached US$13.7 trillion in the first half of 2026, up 12.5%, but UNCTAD says higher prices drove...
August 17, 2026From Nigeria’s oil and Mozambique’s and Tanzania’s gas to South Africa’s grid crisis and the solar boom spreading across the continent, energy is where Africa’s growth and its great-power bargaining both play out. The Rio Times covers the oil and LNG deals, refineries, power projects and the transition finance reshaping how the continent fuels itself – with an eye on the capital flows and parallels linking Africa to Latin America’s own energy story. This hub collects our Africa energy coverage for investors and analysts.
Global goods trade reached US$13.7 trillion in the first half of 2026, up 12.5%, but UNCTAD says higher prices drove...
August 17, 2026
Nigerian stock turnover rose 26.6% to about US$129 million in the week to 14 August 2026, but the index fell...
August 17, 2026
Tunisia's 2025 cereal harvest came in 18 percent above the five-year average and dams are near 60 percent full, but...
August 17, 2026
Three Nigerian presidential hopefuls agreed an alliance in Port Harcourt, but Accord adopted President Tinubu in July and disowned its...
August 17, 2026
SADC leaders met in Durban to push critical minerals, while the free movement protocol adopted in 2005 still lacks the...
August 17, 2026
Niger signed a US$1.9 billion refinery concession at Dosso on 15 August, giving its partner four months to raise the...
August 17, 2026
Kenya imports from China reached 25.3% of the total from January to May 2026, worth about US$2.60 billion, as the...
August 17, 2026
Nigeria's upstream regulator NUPRC is consulting producers and refiners on a crude swap framework intended to strip haulage costs out...
August 17, 2026
Kenya's Court of Appeal has given KRA until 29 September 2026 to decide a US$7.7 million tax objection by Dubai-registered...
August 17, 2026