Finance

African finance news: capital markets, FDI flows, sovereign debt, private equity deals, currency movements, and banking sector developments across the continent.

Kenya Finance Bill 2026 hits KQ and fintech hard

Kenya's Finance Bill 2026 ends Kenya Airways' withholding tax exemption on overseas technical payments, expands the royalty definition to cover…

UAE quits OPEC, squeezing Africa’s oil producers

The UAE formally left OPEC on May 1, targeting production of 5 million barrels per day by 2027 unencumbered by…

SA manufacturing bounces to 52.6 but rally in doubt

South Africa's Absa PMI rebounded to 52.6 in April 2026 from 49.0 in March, returning to expansion for the first…

MTN Nigeria Q1 profit surges 166% to N355bn

MTN Nigeria posted N355.5 billion profit after tax in Q1 2026, up 166%, on N1.498 trillion in revenue as data…