Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief, 18 September 2026: a US visa restriction aimed at South African law, Nigerian inflation at 15.39%, and...
September 18, 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, 18 September 2026: a US visa restriction aimed at South African law, Nigerian inflation at 15.39%, and...
September 18, 2026
The Seplat Energy share price record set on 10 September 2026 has held for six sessions, while Nigerian rivals Oando...
September 17, 2026
Co-operative Bank of Kenya and the EBRD signed a US$100 million currency swap on 16 September 2026, the first deal...
September 17, 2026
The Nigerian Exchange All-Share Index rose 0.20 percent to 244,791.79 on 16 September 2026, a fifth straight gain, with insurance...
September 17, 2026
FNB has launched cash advances of R50 to R500 with the Dubai-based lender Optasia, in which parent company FirstRand holds...
September 17, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for 17 September 2026: Ebola in Congo reaches 7,258 confirmed cases and 3,510 deaths, and Morocco votes...
September 17, 2026
To open a bank account in Kenya as a foreigner you need a tax number, a permit and an alien...
September 17, 2026
Sterling Bank named two new independent non-executive directors, while the same filing records four retirements, leaving board independence unchanged.
September 16, 2026
The head of Africa's cross-border payment system expects links to China, India and Brazil in the first quarter of 2027....
September 16, 2026