South Africa’s Fuel Prices Fall Even as the Levy Returns
South Africa fuel prices fell up to R3.59/litre from 1 July 2026 despite levy restoration, as lower global oil prices...
July 1, 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.
South Africa fuel prices fell up to R3.59/litre from 1 July 2026 despite levy restoration, as lower global oil prices...
July 1, 2026
The Nigerian stock market ended the first half of 2026 as Africa's best performer, returning about 59.5% in dollars despite...
July 1, 2026
Afreximbank and South Africa signed a $14 billion country programme on 20 June 2026 to fund industrialisation, beneficiation and intra-African...
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Kenya startup funding has overtaken Nigeria, with $984 million raised in 2025 and the country leading Africa's $1.5 billion of...
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A new China minerals law gives Beijing a legal lever over strategic metals, raising the stakes in Africa, where it...
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Kenya's Machakos High Court froze the $2.3B Diageo EABL deal on June 22, blocking Asahi's acquisition as four petitions challenge...
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The Ghana-UK Growth Partnership, a £215 million deal signed in London, targets jobs, AI, trade and infrastructure across 2026 to...
June 30, 2026
The Congo-Rwanda peace deal signed June 27, 2025 is faltering—troops unwithdrown, FDLR active, M23 excluded. Here's what's blocking the minerals-backed...
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Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: the continent's feared deadlines came due — South Africa's national shutdown mostly passed in quiet...
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