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Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

5 Nov 2024

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

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Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?

Rami Hajjar 9 May 2023

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

20 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Ola Oyetayo, chief executive officer at Verto.

The grey list survival guide: compliance strategies for South African and Nigerian companies

Ola Oyetayo 3 Apr 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

DFC and Mastercard collaborate to drive digitisation and financial inclusion in Africa

3 Jan 2023

German companies plan to invest more in Africa in 2023

Rene Wagner 28 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

IMF and Uganda reach agreement for $240m in financing

22 Dec 2022

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

New e-platform links 7 African capital markets with $1.5tn market capitalisation

12 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. Ethos' chief executive officer, Peter Hayward-Butt will continue in his role.

Ethos Private Equity announces its imminent buyout

22 Nov 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022

Liz Truss resignation will not steady markets easily

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

After policy U-turns, UK's Liz Truss says Britain wants stability

17 Oct 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Binance offers free blockchain courses for rural communities in Africa and Brazil

Binance offers free blockchain courses for rural communities in Africa and Brazil

JNPR 12 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied

Walmart offers to buy remaining stake in Massmart

Nqobile Dludla 29 Aug 2022

China forgives 17 African countries of their debt

Katja Hamilton 23 Aug 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Image source: Andres Rodriguez –

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Kremlin rejects Russian default, says payments executed

27 Jun 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Katja Hamilton 6 May 2022

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Promit Mukherjee and Emma Rumney 3 May 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

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Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?

Rami Hajjar 9 May 2023

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

20 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Ola Oyetayo, chief executive officer at Verto.

The grey list survival guide: compliance strategies for South African and Nigerian companies

Ola Oyetayo 3 Apr 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

DFC and Mastercard collaborate to drive digitisation and financial inclusion in Africa

3 Jan 2023

German companies plan to invest more in Africa in 2023

Rene Wagner 28 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

IMF and Uganda reach agreement for $240m in financing

22 Dec 2022

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

New e-platform links 7 African capital markets with $1.5tn market capitalisation

12 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. Ethos' chief executive officer, Peter Hayward-Butt will continue in his role.

Ethos Private Equity announces its imminent buyout

22 Nov 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022

Liz Truss resignation will not steady markets easily

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

After policy U-turns, UK's Liz Truss says Britain wants stability

17 Oct 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Binance offers free blockchain courses for rural communities in Africa and Brazil

Binance offers free blockchain courses for rural communities in Africa and Brazil

JNPR 12 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied

Walmart offers to buy remaining stake in Massmart

Nqobile Dludla 29 Aug 2022

China forgives 17 African countries of their debt

Katja Hamilton 23 Aug 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Image source: Andres Rodriguez –

US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

Kremlin rejects Russian default, says payments executed

27 Jun 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Katja Hamilton 6 May 2022

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Promit Mukherjee and Emma Rumney 3 May 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

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Cerrejón joint venture sale completed

12 Jan 2022

Source: ©Kabanga Nickel Kabanga Nickel framework signing ceremony, Bukoba, Tanzania. Chris Showalter (CEO) and Chris von Christierson (vice-chairman),19 January 2021

BHP invests $40m into Kabanga Nickel in Tanzania

10 Jan 2022

Optimism returns to markets

7 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

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Absa lists NewPalladium on Botswana Stock Exchange

24 Nov 2021

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

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AngloGold Ashanti appoints chief people officer

5 Nov 2021

Source: ©Access Bank

Access Bank Zambia & Atlas Mara Zambia combine entities

27 Oct 2021