Africa Intelligence Brief August 21, 2026: Four Answers To The Same Question
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 21: four governments were asked something uncomfortable this week, and each reached for a different...
August 21, 2026Section
Africa & Latin America
The South Atlantic is getting busier. Brazil’s agribusiness and mining reach into Africa, BRICS ties deepen, and the two regions increasingly face the same questions – on commodities, debt, data sovereignty and great-power pressure – from opposite shores. The Rio Times covers the trade, investment and diplomatic links between Africa and Latin America, the one lens no other outlet owns. This hub gathers the stories where the Global South’s two great frontiers meet.
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Libya Ties a Company’s Access to Dollars to the Tax It Has Actually Paid
Libya hard currency access is now set by formula: 30 times a company's average income tax plus 10 times its...
August 21, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 20, 2026: Ghana Asked For Dollars, Three Times Over
Africa Intelligence Brief for August 20: Ghana's central bank received US$399 million of bids against US$125 million on offer, and...
August 20, 2026
Nigeria Approved a US$45 Million Rail Link to Its Lagos Ports. Almost Nobody Noticed
Nigeria ports and rail links are the missing piece around the Dangote refinery. A US$45.3 million line to four Lagos...
August 20, 2026
A.P. Moller Capital Agrees to Buy Control of a Moroccan Logistics Group
A.P. Moller Capital has agreed to buy control of Globex Investissement, a Moroccan logistics group, in a deal that still...
August 20, 2026
Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival Names Ten Films, Led by Berlin’s Golden Bear
El Gouna Film Festival named the first ten titles of its ninth edition, running 15-23 October on Egypt's Red Sea...
August 20, 2026
US Tariffs Cut South African Car Exports by 83% in One Year
South African vehicle exports to the US fell 83 percent after a 25 percent tariff landed. AGOA duty-free access no...
August 20, 2026
South Africa’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 33.6% in the Second Quarter
South Africa unemployment rose to 33.6 percent in the second quarter, up 0.9 points. On the wider measure that counts...
August 20, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief August 19, 2026: South Africa Gets Relief, Kenya Gets A Charge Sheet
Africa Intelligence Brief August 19: South African inflation fell to 4.3% in July as a Nairobi court heard 121 charges...
August 19, 2026