Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, July 30, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 30 — ICC links Darfur crimes to Sudan's leadership. DR Congo Ebola deaths hit 1,405 as...
July 30, 2026Section
World
S&P Global Buys Control of a Pan-African Rating Agency
African credit ratings gain a global owner as S&P Global takes a majority stake in Agusto & Co., the Lagos...
July 30, 2026
São Tomé’s Plantation Estates Become World Heritage
Six São Tomé roças — the cocoa and coffee estates built on forced labour — are now UNESCO World Heritage,...
July 30, 2026
BOAD Raises US$153 Million in Tokyo Without a Guarantee
The BOAD Samurai bond raised about US$153 million in two yen tranches, the first unguaranteed public Samurai issue by a...
July 30, 2026
Morocco Takes Its US$26 Billion Gas Pipeline to Washington
The Atlantic Africa Gas Pipeline has opened financing talks with US EXIM and the World Bank, a week after ECOWAS...
July 30, 2026
Fed Rate Hold Hits Brazil’s Ibovespa Stock Index After Revolt
A rare 9-3 Fed rate decision hold with 3 hawkish dissents triggers a 1.5% Ibovespa drop as the dollar eases...
July 30, 2026
Angola Launches Studies for West-East Highway Megaproject
Angola signed a US$21 million deal for feasibility studies of a 1,300-km West-East highway linking Lobito port toward the DRC...
July 30, 2026
Mozambique Caps Foreign Card Payments at US$94,000 a Year
The Mozambique card payment limit caps overseas card spending at 6 million meticais (US$94,000) a year per holder as the...
July 30, 2026
Ethiopia Copies China’s Textile Park Model to Chase Export Jobs
Ethiopia has built seven textile industrial parks, with nine more planned, as Chinese firms finance and operate most of them...
July 30, 2026