Botswana Debt Climbs as President Boko Takes His Case to the UN
Botswana debt is heading past the 40 percent legal ceiling as diamond money fades. President Duma Boko took the argument...
September 24, 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.
Botswana debt is heading past the 40 percent legal ceiling as diamond money fades. President Duma Boko took the argument...
September 24, 2026
The Quickmart NSE listing was filed but still unpriced on 24 September 2026. Kenya's regulator has not approved it and...
September 24, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 23 September 2026: Tigray forces take Mekelle airport and Ethiopian Airlines pulls out of three northern...
September 23, 2026
Opening a bank account in Tanzania takes a permit, a tax number and 20,000 to 100,000 shillings (US$7.60 to US$38)....
September 23, 2026
Kenya's private-sector credit growth hit 10.6 percent in June 2026 as banks cut lending rates and the Central Bank eased...
September 23, 2026
The CBN interest rate fell to 23 percent from 26.5 percent on 22 September 2026, a surprise move Nigeria's central...
September 22, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 22 September 2026: Nigeria grieves as survivors describe the Minna cell and its President stays in...
September 22, 2026
How a foreigner opens a bank account in Egypt in 2026: central bank rules, documents, pound and dollar accounts, the...
September 22, 2026
The Dangote fertiliser IPO is planned for 2028, Aliko Dangote said in New York, as his US$1.6 billion refinery share...
September 22, 2026