Africa Intelligence Brief — Monday, September 7, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 7: insurgents take a South African mechanic hostage near Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, Kenya's nurses' strike...
September 7, 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.
Africa Intelligence Brief for September 7: insurgents take a South African mechanic hostage near Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, Kenya's nurses' strike...
September 7, 2026
Africa currency reform is testing Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Angola and Zimbabwe. Flexible rates are weighing on inflation and foreign investor...
September 7, 2026
Africa energy access still leaves nearly 600 million without power in 2026. For investors, Mission 300 compacts and grid reforms...
September 7, 2026
Ghana's first four-year cedi bond since the domestic debt exchange drew US$392 million in bids and cleared at 12%, with...
September 7, 2026
Madagascar fuel prices rose on 5 September, with SP95 petrol moving from 5,100 to 5,300 ariary a litre as the...
September 7, 2026
The AES Sahel confederation of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger has a joint parliament and currency plans. What the bloc...
September 6, 2026
Namibia reserves rose 2.9% to N$58.04 billion at end-July, lifting import cover to about 3.6 months, while commercial bank liquidity...
September 6, 2026
The AGOA extension signed on 2 September runs to December 2028, giving Mauritius two more years of duty-free access to...
September 6, 2026
The TAAG Cabo Verde route from Luanda to Praia resumes on 31 October after about a decade, with a Dakar...
September 6, 2026