Southern Africa
Southern Africa business news covering SADC economies: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and regional integration. Mining, energy, and investment analysis.
Botswana opens $75,000 citizenship by investment
Botswana has unveiled its Impact Investment Programme, offering citizenship for contributions of $75,000 to $90,000, as Africa's leading diamond producer…
South Africa’s record year pulls Europe
South Africa welcomed a record 10.5 million international visitors in 2025 and used ITB Berlin 2026, the world's largest travel…
Zambia bets on tripling copper output
Zambia is courting global investors to help it triple copper output to 3 million tonnes by 2031, positioning itself at…
Gulf crisis sends Lufthansa to Africa
Lufthansa Group is adding special flights to Cape Town and expanding service to Nairobi while growing long-haul capacity by 6%…
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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.…