Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, May 28, 2026
Africa finance brief: the SARB hikes the repo rate 25bp to 7% on intensifying inflation risks, the AfDB's final day...
May 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.
Africa finance brief: the SARB hikes the repo rate 25bp to 7% on intensifying inflation risks, the AfDB's final day...
May 28, 2026
Africa finance brief: Johannesburg approves R3.8bn KfW loan, Dangote $40bn multi-exchange IPO, AfDB Governors Dialogue Brazzaville, JNIM blockade Eid al-Adha...
May 27, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers HRW's UAE-RSF Colombia mercenary report, the DRC Ebola World Cup isolation order, Senegal's Sonko as speaker,...
May 26, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Benin's Wadagni inauguration, the DRC Ebola emergency, South Africa platinum, Ghana's IMF stance, Eswatini deportee deal.
May 25, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the AU Libreville peace retreat, Ebola escalation to South Kivu, Kenya opposition unity, Sudan-Ethiopia crisis, SA...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the ICC's first Libya war-crimes hearing, Nigeria's West African oil pivot, South Africa retail, Ethiopia's election,...
May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Nigeria-US joint strike killing 175 ISIS fighters, Somalia constitutional crisis, SA 32.7% jobless, Sahel offensive, cocoa...
May 20, 2026