Angola Puts Its State Giants Up for Sale to Break the Oil Habit
Angola's privatisation drive puts Unitel, the national airline and a 30% Sonangol stake up for sale as it tries to...
June 26, 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.
Angola's privatisation drive puts Unitel, the national airline and a 30% Sonangol stake up for sale as it tries to...
June 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest...
June 26, 2026
African diaspora remittances passed 100 billion dollars in 2024, outpacing aid in much of the continent despite high transfer costs.
June 26, 2026
The Zambia Lobito copper railway would send Copperbelt metal west to Angola's coast, backed by US and Western finance to...
June 26, 2026
The Kenya US critical minerals deal would let Kenya refine rare earths at home, with the 62-billion-dollar Mrima Hill site...
June 26, 2026
Nedbank is bidding $855M for a 66% stake in NCBA Group as South African banks target Kenya's gateway market. Offer...
June 26, 2026
Sudan banknotes now run as two rival systems—army-issued 1,000-pound notes vs RSF old currency—deepening a de facto split hitting 30M+...
June 26, 2026
The DR Congo satellite RDC-SAT will let the country monitor its forests, mines and rivers from space under a new...
June 26, 2026
Nigeria's naira has steadied near 1,400 to the dollar in 2026 as growth picks up and reserves near $50 billion,...
June 26, 2026