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South African billionaire Christo Wiese-backed Shoprite Holdings is in talks with Investec over a potential partnership to expand financial services to millions of customers, as Africa's largest grocery retailer seeks to capture a bigger share of everyday banking transactions.
South Sudan, Ethiopia and Rwanda rank among the world's fastest-growing economies in 2026, with projected growth rates exceeding those of Africa's economic heavyweights, including Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt, as well as global powers such as the United States and China.
Mali has expanded the grounds on which the state can strip citizens of their nationality, two days after neighbouring Burkina Faso approved the restoration of the death penalty, highlighting a tougher approach to state authority among military-led governments in the Sahel.
Forbes has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo is the first active athlete to surpass $2 billion in career earnings (on and off the field) before taxes and agents' fees.
Switzerland has disputed Uganda's account of the travel history of a woman diagnosed with Ebola in Nigeria, confirming that the patient is the wife of a Swiss diplomat based in Abuja and denying claims that she visited the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).
South Africa is moving towards a $610 million state takeover of ArcelorMittal’s struggling local steel business, potentially ending years of negotiations over the future of one of the country’s most important industrial companies.
African nationals seeking asylum in Italy faced a tough path to protection in 2025, with applicants from Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria, and Tunisia among those whose applications were frequently rejected, according to the Asylum Information Database (AIDA).
Seven-time Formula One world champion and Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has defended Rwanda’s selection to host the African Grand Prix, despite growing criticism over the country’s alleged military involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Morocco’s Bennis family is moving to take full control of pharmaceutical rival Polymedic as its Laprophan group continues an acquisition drive spanning Morocco and Europe. Laprophan has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Corporate Investment Holding, the parent company of Polymedic.
Moroccan businessman Moulay Hafid Elalamy is targeting wealthy individuals and business-owning families through a new private-banking and family-office operation built inside the former Société Générale Morocco.
A renewable-energy company backed by Moroccan businessman Mohamed Adil Rtabi is preparing to raise as much as $38.2 million through an initial public offering on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
A solar project backed by Madagascar billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee’s AXIAN Group has secured up to $62.3 million (€55.5 million) in long-term financing from the Dutch development bank FMO. The financing will support the construction of the 50-megawatt Kong Solaire photovoltaic plant near the town o...
