Senegal Chases an IMF Deal as Debt Tops 130% of GDP
A Senegal IMF deal is in sight as public debt nears 132% of GDP, with Dakar opening the door to...
June 30, 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.
A Senegal IMF deal is in sight as public debt nears 132% of GDP, with Dakar opening the door to...
June 30, 2026
Rawbank, Congo's largest bank, earned $232M net profit in 2025—up 9%—with $6.82B in assets and a $300M copper mining bet...
June 30, 2026
Nassef Sawiris offers €4.10/share in cash to buy OCI Global's remaining 41.72% stake, valuing the chemicals group at €867M with...
June 30, 2026
Soldiers ringed Uganda's largest newsroom and Kenya's president feuds with a media group: a documented pre-election clampdown on the press...
June 29, 2026
Burkina Faso has cut ties with France. Beyond the symbolism, this Sahel break with the West carries a real bill...
June 29, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday: power was tested across the continent — Burkina Faso severed diplomatic ties with France, Senegal's...
June 29, 2026
The Gabon economy is racing to diversify beyond crude in 2026, betting on construction, gas and mining as oil output...
June 29, 2026
The East African Community is building a Digital Single Market to unify 300 million people across 8 states—harmonizing payments, data,...
June 29, 2026
Nigeria oil production hit a 15-month high in May 2026, topping its OPEC quota at about 1.7 million barrels a...
June 29, 2026