Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, June 25, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a heavy date pressed leaders across the continent to answer for power — Kenya braced...
June 25, 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.
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: a heavy date pressed leaders across the continent to answer for power — Kenya braced...
June 25, 2026
US inflation hit a three-year high above four percent while Zimbabwe, once near ninety-six percent, just cut rates. What price...
June 25, 2026
Ethiopia's economy is set to expand 9.3% in 2025/26 and unlock $468M in IMF funds, yet private bondholder talks on...
June 25, 2026
Africa Basel, a fair for contemporary African art, ran June 17 to 21, 2026 in Switzerland, putting 18 galleries before...
June 25, 2026
Mozambique graphite output already doubled 2026 forecasts. A $150M Chinese-built plant in Niassa processes 200,000 tonnes yearly, feeding EV battery...
June 25, 2026
East African states are weighing a 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery, with Aliko Dangote offering to build it but now favouring Kenya's...
June 25, 2026
DR Congo raised $1.25bn in its first-ever Eurobond, a dual-tranche deal, joining a Sub-Saharan rush back to international debt markets...
June 25, 2026
Egypt has cleared its $6.1bn energy arrears to foreign oil and gas firms, settling the debt to zero and unlocking...
June 25, 2026
Across Africa in 2026, who governs is settled three ways at once: by the ballot box, by backroom bargains, and...
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