Africa Finance in Brief: Oil risks rise, JSE hits record, African FX firms up
This week’s Africa finance landscape is being shaped by rising geopolitical risk in the Middle East, resilient capital market performance...
- Tuesday, July 14, 2026
BusinessDay
This week’s Africa finance landscape is being shaped by rising geopolitical risk in the Middle East, resilient capital market performance...
The joint US–Israeli operation that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday has heightened geopolitical tensions in the...
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has reported full-year earnings above one billion rand for the first time, buoyed by renewed...
Zambia’s kwacha and Nigeria’s naira have emerged as Africa’s strongest-performing currencies in the first two months of 2026, signalling a...
Bidvest, a B2B services, trading, and distribution group, has relaunched the process to dispose of Bidvest Bank after its proposed...
Kenya’s annual inflation eased to a six-month low of 4.3 percent in February, reinforcing expectations that the central bank may...
For the final week of February, Africa’s financial story is being reshaped by strong bank earnings, early monetary easing, and...
Volatile US tariff policy is accelerating efforts across Africa to reduce reliance on the dollar in trade settlements, with companies...
…Nigerian lenders drive the uptick African banks strengthened their lead over Emerging Market (EM) peers in the first half of...
Burkina Faso’s pivot towards self-reliance is lifting the country’s global profile, positioning the Sahel nation among Africa’s fastest rising influencers,...