
China Names Africa’s First Renminbi Clearing Bank
Renminbi clearing in Africa now has a home: China named Standard Bank and ICBC to settle yuan trade across 19...
June 27, 2026Southern Africa – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana – anchors the continent’s deepest capital markets and its richest seams of platinum, copper, gold, diamonds and gas. The Rio Times follows the rand, the Johannesburg market, mining and energy deals, and the South Atlantic ties that increasingly link the region to Brazil and Latin America. This hub collects our daily Southern Africa coverage for investors and expats.

Renminbi clearing in Africa now has a home: China named Standard Bank and ICBC to settle yuan trade across 19...
June 27, 2026
South Africa's green hydrogen push centres on a $5.8 billion Coega green-ammonia plant, promising 20,000 jobs and exports to Asia...
June 26, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: the continent drew lines at its own edges — South Africa hosted the world's oldest...
June 26, 2026
The Zambia Lobito copper railway would send Copperbelt metal west to Angola's coast, backed by US and Western finance to...
June 26, 2026
Africa is building end-to-end vaccine plants and secured $62M to develop 11 African vaccine candidates covering 8 diseases—ending pandemic-era last-in-line...
June 26, 2026
South Africa migrant deadline by June 30 is AI-generated fraud, Ramaphosa warned June 24. The fake notice scared migrant communities...
June 26, 2026
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
Zimbabwe lithium is now shipped as processed sulphate, not raw ore, after a $400m Chinese-built plant and an export ban...
June 25, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds