Venezuela’s Oil Opening Speeds Up as TotalEnergies and Continental Move In
France's TotalEnergies signed a return deal and a US producer put a figure on its plans, while Washington keeps control...
September 21, 2026Section
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Amazon Raises US Warehouse Starting Pay to US$20 an Hour
Amazon is raising starting pay for full-time US operations workers by US$1 to US$20 an hour, matching Costco, and adding...
September 21, 2026
Uganda’s Pension Fund NSSF Says It Could Fund Kampala-Jinja Expressway
Uganda's pension fund NSSF says it could finance the Kampala-Jinja Expressway within two years if the government delivers guarantees and...
September 21, 2026
Uganda Says Private Credit Must Rise 17-Fold for a US$500 Billion Economy
Uganda says private credit must rise to Shs490 trillion (about US$128 billion) by 2040 to build a US$500 billion economy,...
September 21, 2026
Nigeria’s Business Lending Rate Falls to 29.2 Percent, Lowest in 2026
Nigeria's average maximum lending rate to businesses fell to about 29.2 percent in August 2026, the lowest this year, but...
September 21, 2026
South Africa’s Isibaya Fund Lost US$1.1 Billion
South Africa’s PIC lost about US$1.1 billion (R18.2bn) of GEPF pension money on 23 unlisted Isibaya deals. What the parliamentary...
September 21, 2026
Singapore’s Banyan Group to Buy 70% of South African Safari Group Newmark
Banyan Group has agreed to buy a majority stake in Cape Town-based Newmark Hotels & Reserves, valuing the safari operator...
September 21, 2026
Oriole Sells Turkish Royalty to Fund Its Mbe Gold Project in Cameroon
Oriole Resources is selling a Turkish royalty for US$1.2 million to fund its Mbe gold project in Cameroon, where it...
September 21, 2026
Morocco’s SAMIR Refinery: How the Kingdom Lost Its Only Oil Refinery
Morocco's only oil refinery, SAMIR, has been idle since 2015, leaving the kingdom to import all its fuel. What went...
September 21, 2026