Southern Africa

Southern Africa business news covering SADC economies: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and regional integration. Mining, energy, and investment analysis.

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AfricaBusiness

AngloGold is now Africa’s biggest company

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Africaspoint Editorial

AngloGold Ashanti has overtaken Naspers as Africa's most valuable listed company after its market capitalisation crossed $50 billion, driven by…

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AfricaInfrastructure

$2bn railway rewires Southern Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Zimbabwe and Zambia signed a $2.18 billion MoU on April 11 to build the 311-kilometre Lion's Den to Kafue railway,…

AfricaFinance

SA wins first IFC rand loan

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Africaspoint Editorial

The IFC and Citi have signed a R1.6 billion ($98 million) rand borrowing facility that gives the World Bank's private-sector…

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AfricaFinance

BlackRock’s $28bn South Africa bet grows

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Africaspoint Editorial

BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners chairman Adebayo Ogunlesi disclosed at a Cape Town summit that BlackRock manages $28 billion in South…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

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US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

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MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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SA minister forces Starlink showdown

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Ghana evacuates citizens from South Africa

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Zambia cuts rates to two-year low

South Africa Transnet rail freight private operators reform logistics corridors 2026
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SA ends rail monopoly: 11 operators in

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