Southern Africa

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

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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AfricaFinance

South Africa’s debt has peaked: Moody’s confirms the turn

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Africaspoint Editorial

Moody's confirmed South Africa's general government debt peaked at 86.8% of GDP in 2025 and will decline to 84.9% by…

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AfricaGovernance

SA minister forces Starlink showdown

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Africaspoint Editorial

Communications Minister Malatsi declared his patience exhausted with ICASA after a four-month stall on his Equity Equivalent Investment Programme policy…

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Endeavour Mining posts record $880m EBITDA

Endeavour Mining, West Africa's largest gold producer, reported record adjusted EBITDA of $880 million for…

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Africa’s $164bn wealth funds eye mining

Africa's sovereign wealth funds now hold combined assets exceeding $164 billion and are being deployed…

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Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

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EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…

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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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South Africa sheds 345,000 jobs in Q1

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Cape Town taxis go cashless from June 1

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