Global Economy Briefing — April 14, 2026
Global economy briefing: S&P 500 erases Iran war losses despite Islamabad collapse. Trump blockades Hormuz. China credit misses badly.
April 14, 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.
Global economy briefing: S&P 500 erases Iran war losses despite Islamabad collapse. Trump blockades Hormuz. China credit misses badly.
April 14, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Nigerian air strike kills 200+ at village market. Benin elects Wadagni after Talon's decade. DA's Hill-Lewis resets...
April 13, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Djibouti votes at world's most strategic chokepoint. US Level 3 advisory for Nigeria. Kenya-Morocco 11 deals. AFCON...
April 10, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: FTSE Russell upgrades Nigeria to frontier market. Ethiopia extends Tigray mandate, elections in doubt. GITEX Africa closes...
April 9, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Afreximbank launches 0B Gulf crisis fund. 52 CSOs warn Nigeria on brink of collapse. Kenya budget Sh4.7T....
April 8, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Dangote exports double to 214K bpd. Somalia launches first offshore drilling. Zimbabwe and Zambia reject US mineral...
April 7, 2026
Morocco hit 19.8 million visitors and Egypt 19 million in 2025, turning tourism into a measure of national power: connectivity,...
January 12, 2026