Afrobeats Stars Headline the FIFA World Cup 2026 Album
The FIFA World Cup 2026 album puts Burna Boy, Davido, Rema, Ayra Starr and Tyla on football's biggest stage, beside...
June 23, 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.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 album puts Burna Boy, Davido, Rema, Ayra Starr and Tyla on football's biggest stage, beside...
June 23, 2026
The Datatec special dividend of R7.1 billion follows a General Atlantic refinancing, with founder Jens Montanana set to collect about...
June 23, 2026
African startup funding topped about $1.3 billion by early June 2026, led by fintech, as debt overtakes equity and North...
June 23, 2026
Africa visa-free travel is reshaping tourism in 2026, as open-skies deals and South Africa's 93-country waiver draw more visitors to...
June 23, 2026
Egypt's Hassan Allam has won a $727 million contract to build a Waldorf Astoria hotel and superblock at Saudi Arabia's...
June 23, 2026
Nigeria's UAE swap deal with First Abu Dhabi Bank seeks $5 billion via a total return swap. The IMF warns...
June 23, 2026
Nigeria's external reserves hit a 17-year high of $51.04 billion on June 18, 2026, up 35% in a year, yet...
June 22, 2026
Nigerian fintech OPay is preparing a US IPO at a $4 billion valuation, hiring Citi, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan in...
June 22, 2026
Ghana walked away from a US$109 million American health deal rather than surrender its citizens' health data. The same week,...
June 22, 2026