A Libyan Bank Is About to Put China’s Payment App in Its Customers’ Hands
Libya Alipay payments are coming: North Africa Bank says customers will soon pay Chinese suppliers by phone, as Libyan banks...
September 8, 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.
Libya Alipay payments are coming: North Africa Bank says customers will soon pay Chinese suppliers by phone, as Libyan banks...
September 8, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 8: Nigeria's government won't confirm a three-month ceasefire it quietly holds with Boko Haram, a...
September 8, 2026
Liberia domestic revenue has reached US$954.7m in fiscal 2026, leaving the state US$45.3m short of its first US$1bn collection year.
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A Manica industrial parks agreement was signed at FACIM, with a first site planned at Selva in Vanduzi district on...
September 8, 2026
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September 8, 2026
Ghana fibre cuts reached 8,578 in 2026 and cost operators more than US$20m, with road works behind 49% and illegal...
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Africa mobile money is shifting fast as Wave gains a West African bank license and Nigeria's fintech unicorns get CBN...
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