Macron Bets on Kenya in a €23 Billion Pivot to Anglophone Africa
France pledged €23 billion ($27 billion) in Africa investments at a Nairobi summit with 30 leaders, signing a defence pact...
July 17, 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.
France pledged €23 billion ($27 billion) in Africa investments at a Nairobi summit with 30 leaders, signing a defence pact...
July 17, 2026
The European Union has banned Sudanese gold imports, stating the multi-billion-dollar trade directly finances the civil war between the SAF...
July 17, 2026
France and Morocco signed 14 cooperation agreements and are drafting an unprecedented friendship treaty, prioritising €10 billion in economic ties...
July 17, 2026
G7 leaders pledged $69 billion for 195 critical minerals projects on June 17, aiming to cut rare-earth dependence below 60%...
July 17, 2026
The DRC signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Washington in December 2025, offering priority access to over 70% of global...
July 17, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 17 — Africa reels from twin tragedies in Uganda and Algeria while Nigeria repatriates citizens and...
July 17, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 16 — Africa today feels suspended between firefighting and fragile ambition. An Ebola outbreak disrupts DRC...
July 16, 2026
As great-power competition intensifies into a 'new Cold War', Latin America emerges as a critical swing region where US, Chinese...
July 16, 2026
Portugal unveils a €500M state-backed credit line at Porto summit to de-risk corporate investment in Mozambique’s agribusiness, gas, and renewables...
July 16, 2026