Finance
African finance news: capital markets, FDI flows, sovereign debt, private equity deals, currency movements, and banking sector developments across the continent.
BHP’s $246bn warning to South Africa
The world's largest miner, about to be led by a South African, is delivering a pointed message to Pretoria: fix…
SARS raids own employees in customs bribery probe
SARS has raided six current and former employees linked to a customs bribery scheme worth $2.4 million in under-declared income.…
Tanzania’s $15bn FDI gap is a readiness problem
Tanzania targets $15 billion in annual FDI and 6.3 percent GDP growth in 2026 but the gap between macroeconomic ambition…
M-Pesa customers can now tap to pay
Vodacom Tanzania has launched Africa's first mobile-money tap-to-pay feature through M-Pesa, built on Paymentology's technology and Visa's network. M-Pesa customers…
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Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line
President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…
Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.
Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…
From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank
Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…
All four SA banks are chasing Kenya
All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…