Finance
African finance news: capital markets, FDI flows, sovereign debt, private equity deals, currency movements, and banking sector developments across the continent.
Burkina Faso mines fund hits $152m
Burkina Faso's Mining Development Fund collected CFA 85.72 billion ($152 million) in 2025, the country's strongest annual haul since the…
AfDB backs Benin capital markets fund
The African Development Bank has signed a $330,000 grant with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin to build…
Kenya puts 12 brands in Africa 500
Twelve Kenyan firms have been ranked among Africa's top 500 brands in Brand Finance's 2026 sector reports, with Equity Bank…
Malawi cuts rates for first time in two years
The Reserve Bank of Malawi cut its policy rate by 200 basis points to 24% on March 5, the first…
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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.…