
Africa Intelligence Brief
Africa finance brief: the SARB hikes the repo rate 25bp to 7% on intensifying inflation risks, the AfDB's final day...
May 28, 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.

Africa finance brief: the SARB hikes the repo rate 25bp to 7% on intensifying inflation risks, the AfDB's final day...
May 28, 2026
Global financial wealth rose 10.7% to a record US$333 trillion in 2025, according to Boston Consulting Group. That was the...
May 27, 2026
Africa finance brief: Johannesburg approves R3.8bn KfW loan, Dangote $40bn multi-exchange IPO, AfDB Governors Dialogue Brazzaville, JNIM blockade Eid al-Adha...
May 27, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers HRW's UAE-RSF Colombia mercenary report, the DRC Ebola World Cup isolation order, Senegal's Sonko as speaker,...
May 26, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers Benin's Wadagni inauguration, the DRC Ebola emergency, South Africa platinum, Ghana's IMF stance, Eswatini deportee deal.
May 25, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the AU Libreville peace retreat, Ebola escalation to South Kivu, Kenya opposition unity, Sudan-Ethiopia crisis, SA...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Africa intelligence brief covers the ICC's first Libya war-crimes hearing, Nigeria's West African oil pivot, South Africa retail, Ethiopia's election,...
May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds