Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, June 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest...
June 26, 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.
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest...
June 26, 2026
The Zambia Lobito copper railway would send Copperbelt metal west to Angola's coast, backed by US and Western finance to...
June 26, 2026
The Kenya US critical minerals deal would let Kenya refine rare earths at home, with the 62-billion-dollar Mrima Hill site...
June 26, 2026
Africa is building end-to-end vaccine plants and secured $62M to develop 11 African vaccine candidates covering 8 diseases—ending pandemic-era last-in-line...
June 26, 2026
Turkish drones in Africa are now flown by about 11 states, giving Ankara fast, low-cost influence that rivals Russia, China...
June 26, 2026
The DR Congo satellite RDC-SAT will let the country monitor its forests, mines and rivers from space under a new...
June 26, 2026
Nigeria's naira has steadied near 1,400 to the dollar in 2026 as growth picks up and reserves near $50 billion,...
June 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a heavy date pressed leaders across the continent to answer for power — Kenya braced...
June 25, 2026
On the same June day, Kenyans took to the streets to demand answers while South Africa's president faced his Senate....
June 25, 2026