Strong rand and weather claims hit Sanlam earnings
Sanlam's adjusted headline earnings fell 22% to R7.7 billion in the six months to June 2026 as a stronger rand...
September 10, 2026Africa’s capital markets are deepening fast – from the Johannesburg, Nairobi and Lagos exchanges to a fintech boom banking hundreds of millions of people for the first time. The Rio Times follows the currencies (the rand, naira, cedi and shilling), the banks and IPOs, sovereign debt and the foreign capital arriving on increasingly local terms. We cover it through the same investor lens we bring to Latin America, where the emerging-market playbook is strikingly similar. This hub gathers our Africa markets and investment coverage.
Sanlam's adjusted headline earnings fell 22% to R7.7 billion in the six months to June 2026 as a stronger rand...
September 10, 2026
NGX postponed its tiered shares pricing methodology launch after regulators demanded broader consultation, delaying rules set for August 17, 2026.
September 10, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 10: Kenya's nurses end their 41-day strike with a signed return-to-work formula, Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola...
September 10, 2026
The BCEAO held its main rate at 3.00% in Dakar on September 9 as WAEMU inflation turned positive, hitting 1.7%...
September 9, 2026
Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo cited US$55 million in unexecuted obligations on the Yaakaar-Teranga gas licence in his first...
September 9, 2026
S&P cut Senegal's foreign-currency rating to CC on September 4, warning its planned debt restructuring will highly likely mean losses...
September 9, 2026
Dangote refinery IPO opened September 14, 2026 at N525 per share, funding a US$14.3 billion expansion to 1.4 million barrels...
September 9, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 9: Gambia's President Barrow declares a national emergency over rolling blackouts three months before his
September 9, 2026
A Malawi lake transport deal worth US$20m will bring two vessels and a rebuilt Monkey Bay shipyard, the second Chinese...
September 8, 2026