Spiro’s $270 Million Bet on Electric Motorcycles
Spiro has closed a $270 million round, with fresh Chinese backing, to scale its electric motorcycles and battery-swapping network across...
June 28, 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.
Spiro has closed a $270 million round, with fresh Chinese backing, to scale its electric motorcycles and battery-swapping network across...
June 28, 2026
Morocco earmarks US$23B for 2030 World Cup projects, including a 115,000-seat stadium near Casablanca and a target of 26M visitors...
June 28, 2026
Congo cobalt quotas set at 96,600 tonnes for 2026–27 as Glencore output drops 39%. See how miners are shifting capital...
June 27, 2026
Ethiopia plans 3 new Blue Nile dams—Karadobi, Mandaya, Beko Abo—adding 5,700 MW at $10.5B total, deepening Egypt's existential water crisis...
June 27, 2026
Renminbi clearing in Africa now has a home: China named Standard Bank and ICBC to settle yuan trade across 19...
June 27, 2026
Africa sovereignty tested in one week: SACU's $420B relaunch, Kenya courts expel US Ebola facility, and FATF grey-lists 6 economies...
June 26, 2026
Angola's privatisation drive puts Unitel, the national airline and a 30% Sonangol stake up for sale as it tries to...
June 26, 2026
South Africa's green hydrogen push centres on a $5.8 billion Coega green-ammonia plant, promising 20,000 jobs and exports to Asia...
June 26, 2026
Gulf ports in Africa are multiplying as DP World and AD Ports expand from Senegal to the Congo, turning the...
June 26, 2026