Egypt’s Builder Hassan Allam Eyes Gulf and Cairo Listings for Its Units
Hassan Allam is weighing Gulf and Cairo listings for real-estate and infrastructure units, opening a funding channel while the parent...
July 13, 2026Section
Africa Markets & Investment
Africa’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.
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Central Africa Joins PAPSS, the Payment System That Cuts Out the Dollar
PAPSS Central Africa expansion: BEAC brings six CEMAC countries into the instant-payment network, now 28 nations settling trade in local...
July 13, 2026
Angola’s Richest Man Doubles His Stake in the Block 17/06 Oil Field
Angola Block 17/06 changes hands: Sonangol cedes 5% to António Mosquito's Falcon Oil, doubling the tycoon's stake in the TotalEnergies-operated...
July 13, 2026
Nigeria’s Oil Production Hits a 74-Month High, Beating Its OPEC Quota
Nigeria oil production hit 1.735 million barrels a day in June 2026 - a 74-month high at 104% of its...
July 13, 2026
Cameroon Sugar Upstart Bets $100 Million Against Castel
Nassourou Issa's $100M Cameroon sugar mill targets 300,000 tons by 2028, challenging the Castel family's Sosucam with Société Générale backing.
July 12, 2026
Telecel Bids £450 Million for TalkTalk’s UK Backbone
Telecel TalkTalk bid: the pan-African operator offers up to £450 million for PXC, the UK wholesale network arm, with Epiris...
July 12, 2026
Sawiris Takes Majority Control of OCI as Buyout Nears End
Sawiris OCI takeover: NNS Holding tops 55% of the Amsterdam-listed group as the €4.10-a-share offer, backed by the board, heads...
July 12, 2026
Congo Seals Glencore’s Mine Offices Over $3 Billion Claim
The Glencore Congo tax dispute: agents sealed Kamoto Copper's offices in Kolwezi over a claim of about $3 billion, while...
July 12, 2026
Libya Pumps Like It’s 2013, but Libyans See Little of It
Libya oil production reached about 1.49 million bpd, the highest since 2013, as BP, Shell and Exxon return — but...
July 12, 2026