
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: Nigeria's foreign inflows jumped 83.8% as its currency firmed, Tanzania drew $1.5 billion for a...
June 5, 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: Nigeria's foreign inflows jumped 83.8% as its currency firmed, Tanzania drew $1.5 billion for a...
June 5, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: Kenya's President Ruto and South Africa's President Ramaphosa hold talks, sign agreements and open a...
June 4, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: Kenya's President Ruto begins a three-day state visit to South Africa focused on trade; Nigeria's...
June 3, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: Ethiopia is counting votes after Monday's election was disrupted in Oromo and Amhara; Morocco is...
June 2, 2026
Ethiopians voted today in parliamentary and regional elections with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party projected for a landslide; the...
June 1, 2026
Africa Pulse for Friday: Tinubu marks his third anniversary defending subsidy and FX reforms, South Africa publishes its first post-hike...
May 29, 2026
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,...
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