Patrice Motsepe May Trade African Football’s Crown for a Run at South Africa’s Presidency
Motsepe South Africa presidency talk grows: the CAF chief may quit football to contest the ANC's 2027 race. He denies...
June 12, 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.
Motsepe South Africa presidency talk grows: the CAF chief may quit football to contest the ANC's 2027 race. He denies...
June 12, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: the continent's stock markets are booming even as five of eight major economies fell into...
June 11, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: African stock markets are delivering some of the world's best returns, Nigeria has overtaken Morocco...
June 10, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: South Africa's economy grew a sixth straight quarter and beat forecasts, Kenya's central bank weighs...
June 9, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday: Dangote's refinery pushed past its full capacity ahead of a listing that could value it...
June 8, 2026
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