South Africa Lands a $1 Billion BRICS Bank Loan to Fix Its Cities
A $1 billion BRICS bank loan will help South Africa upgrade water, power, sanitation and waste services across its eight...
June 18, 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 $1 billion BRICS bank loan will help South Africa upgrade water, power, sanitation and waste services across its eight...
June 18, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: the continent's biggest-ever share sale nears as Aliko Dangote's refinery prepares to float across six...
June 17, 2026
A 40-year-old goalkeeper from Cabo Verde gained millions of followers in a day, showing how a World Cup moment now...
June 17, 2026
The Dangote Refinery IPO aims to be Africa's largest ever, listing across the Nigerian Exchange and up to five other...
June 17, 2026
South Africa's Competition Tribunal has cleared the Remgro Mediclinic deal, handing Johann Rupert's group full control of 50 private hospitals.
June 17, 2026
The Lobito Corridor has reopened to Congo's copper after flood repairs, restoring the West's flagship railway for African critical minerals.
June 17, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: oil crashed about 5% while gold hit a record, a violent split that eases the...
June 16, 2026
Morocco's digital transformation gets a $650 million World Bank boost for the Digital Morocco 2030 plan, AI, startups and climate...
June 16, 2026
The Seplat Energy leadership shake-up names Tony Elumelu chairman from 2027 and Effiong Okon CEO, marking a power shift in...
June 16, 2026