Global Economy Briefing — 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, 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.
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
30-year Treasury yield hits 5.19%, highest in nearly 19 years, as S&P 500 posts third straight loss. Canada CPI collapses...
May 20, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Ghana 30% gold offtake, Trump 17,500 Afrikaner refugee proposal, NNPC oil-buyer push, Afrimat ruling, Zambia gold...
May 19, 2026
Markets opened mixed as Trump delayed a planned Iran attack amid Gulf-led negotiations, while rising US Treasury yields, stronger Japanese...
May 19, 2026
From Kenya’s fuel-price protests to the WHO’s Ebola emergency declaration and Botswana’s repeal of same-sex criminalisation laws, Monday’s Africa briefing...
May 18, 2026
Friday was the day Aliko Dangote refused the Nigerian state and Cyril Ramaphosa booked R890bn ($54bn) at the National Assembly...
May 15, 2026
S&P 500 hit 7,501.24, Dow recaptured 50,000, Nasdaq surged to 26,635.22. Plus India WPI at 8.30% and Cisco +13.4%. What...
May 15, 2026
Thursday was the day Parliament moved against Ramaphosa, Aliko Dangote moved against the LSE listing ceiling, and the Nigerian Air...
May 14, 2026