Family Bank’s Nairobi Debut Signals the End of East Africa’s IPO Drought
The Family Bank NSE listing, set for June 23, 2026, helps end a year-long East African IPO drought as Nairobi's...
June 16, 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 Family Bank NSE listing, set for June 23, 2026, helps end a year-long East African IPO drought as Nairobi's...
June 16, 2026
90% of concerts are free across 7 stages, June 19–27 in Rabat and Salé. Lineup, dates and what you need...
June 16, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday: new IMF rankings show Congo closing in on Africa's biggest economies, even as an Ebola...
June 15, 2026
The Lesotho Kobong project, a $6.2 billion US-backed deal, pairs 1,200 MW of hydropower with an AI data centre. Here's...
June 15, 2026
Coris Holding has lifted its stake in Cape Verde's biggest bank to 62.25%, a South-South deal that buys out a...
June 15, 2026
MNT-Halan has hit a $1.4 billion valuation after Al Ahly Capital, tied to the National Bank of Egypt, took its...
June 15, 2026
The South Africa Fitch upgrade of June 5, 2026 lifted the country from BB- to BB, its first in 21...
June 14, 2026
Ghana inflation fell to about 3.4% in 2026, near a 30-year low, as record rate cuts and a gold boom...
June 14, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief — South Africa's rand near multi-week lows and a sharp oil-price slide squeeze African budgets, as unrest...
June 13, 2026