Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: South Sudan plane crash kills 14 — 56th since independence. SA police chief suspended in $21M scandal....
April 28, 2026Eastern Africa – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda – is the continent’s fastest-integrating bloc, a hub for tech, logistics, ports and a rising consumer class along the Indian Ocean trade routes. The Rio Times tracks the region’s growth, currencies, infrastructure megaprojects, and the contest among China, the Gulf and the West for influence. This hub gathers our daily Eastern Africa coverage through a business and investment lens.
Africa intelligence brief: South Sudan plane crash kills 14 — 56th since independence. SA police chief suspended in $21M scandal....
April 28, 2026
56 countries gathered in Santa Marta this week for the first global conference on phasing out fossil fuels — co-hosted...
April 28, 2026
S&P 500 closed at 7,173.91, BoJ slashed its 2026 GDP forecast to 0.5%, and WTI oil surged to $97.82. What...
April 28, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Mali's defence minister killed in largest coordinated attacks in years. Pirates hijack oil tanker off Somalia. Dangote...
April 27, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: Dangote commits to 650K BPD East Africa refinery in Tanzania. AFC warns of 86M tonne fuel shortfall...
April 24, 2026
Eurozone services PMI hit 47.4 as composite fell to 48.6—contraction territory. US manufacturing surged to 54.0. Key global economy data...
April 24, 2026
Africa brief: Durban anti-immigrant violence forces foreign businesses to close. Nigeria coup trial reveals Villa infiltration. TPLF Tigray crisis deepens.
April 23, 2026
Global economy briefing: S&P hits 7,138 on ceasefire extension, UK CPI surges to 3.3%, Korea GDP beats at 3.6%, EU...
April 23, 2026
Africa intelligence brief: TPLF restores Tigray parliament, threatening 600,000-death war's peace deal. Zimbabwe's new ZiG banknotes rejected as nurses strike....
April 22, 2026