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    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Prateek Gupta
      Trafigura offered $15mn from alleged nickel fraudster using Mauritian bank

      Indian tycoon Prateek Gupta accused of ‘systematic fraud’ by world’s largest private metals trader

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Anglo American PLC
      Anglo American chief sounds alarm on South African infrastructure

      FTSE 100 miner’s Duncan Wanblad warns country’s economy under threat from ‘scourges’ of power cuts, broken logistics and corruption

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      News in-depthSouth Africa
      South African businesses turn to diesel and solar panels as Eskom crisis deepens

      Companies beset by blackouts lead a surge in investment in their own supplies, mostly renewables

    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      South Africa
      Ramaphosa pledges to move control of Eskom to South Africa’s energy ministry

      Plan highlights battle over power producer, whose outgoing chief suffered recent attempted poisoning

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd
      Boss of South African power producer Eskom survived poisoning attempt in December

      André de Ruyter, who resigned after trying to overhaul the troubled utility, claims he was given cyanide-laced coffee

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      LexGold
      Gold Fields/mining M&A: right deal at wrong price points to gold rebound Premium content

      With the pace of inflation expected to moderate next year, the metal is well-placed for a recovery

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Gold Fields Inc.
      Gold Fields chief steps down after Yamana takeover failure

      Chris Griffith says company needs new leadership ‘unencumbered’ by setback

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
      David Pilling
      Why Africa is central to the climate change conundrum

      Unless we expect the continent to stay poor forever, its carbon emissions will rise dramatically

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      Special Report
      Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies

      African companies ranked by growth in revenue, compiled with data company Statista. Plus: digitising informal trade and agriculture; success stories invite investment; banking on the unbanked; solar power shines; will co-working work on the continent?

    • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
      Special ReportAfrica’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies 2023: call for entries

      Apply now to be considered for the second annual list of high-growth businesses

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      Prosus
      Prosus scraps $4.7bn deal for Indian payments group BillDesk

      Investment arm of South Africa’s Naspers says certain conditions for purchase had not been met

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Utilities
      South Africa’s Eskom hit by nuclear woes

      Delays to refurbishment at flagship plant add to fears over supply

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Shell plc
      Shell acquires Nigerian renewables group in first African power deal

      Daystar acquisition marks UK energy major’s latest move to build out global green energy business

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      African economy
      Nigeria to relaunch national airline two decades after predecessor’s collapse

      Outgoing president Muhammadu Buhari seeks to cement legacy with rebranded Nigeria Air

    • Monday, 19 September, 2022
      African economy
      Turbulence in Nigeria dollar market hits airlines and investors

      Chronic shortage of currency tips into crisis as African power giant fails to profit from rising oil prices

    • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
      Masters in Management
      How a business masters took a refugee back to his roots

      Yonas Abeje’s degree gave him the skills to contribute to Ethiopia’s future

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Special Report
      African Development

      Economic progress has been made, but gains are being threatened by the Covid pandemic, which has squeezed economies, and the war in Ukraine, which has raised food prices

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Special ReportAfrican Development
      East Africa’s manufacturers hit by costs and imports

      Companies face being overwhelmed by infrastructure problems, unreliable energy, tax and customs burdens, as well as cheap Chinese imports

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Exxon Mobil Corp
      ExxonMobil completes exit from Niger Delta with $1.3bn deal

      Seplat Energy will acquire four oilfields as big international groups withdraw from region

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      South African economy
      South Africa to open up power generation to tackle energy crisis

      Ramaphosa will seek private sector help and more renewable sources to deal with supply issues at state utility Eskom

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      Telecoms
      MTN in talks to buy Telkom as South Africa’s telecoms market consolidates

      Discussions between country’s second- and third-biggest telcos may concern competition commission

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Biotech
      South Africa’s Afrigen to collaborate with US researchers on mRNA vaccines

      Partnership with NIH agency is part of effort to expand global access to medicines

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      News in-depthAfrican economy
      ‘People are hungry’: food crisis starts to bite across Africa

      Signs of inflation-linked unrest are emerging, aid agencies warn

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Mining
      Angola seizes stake in diamond miner

      Move marks waning of Chinese influence in southern African nation

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Ryanair Holdings PLC
      Ryanair scraps Afrikaans test imposed on S African travellers to UK

      Move aimed at identifying fake passports prompted accusations of racial discrimination

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