Markets & Investment news

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

Ascential, the Cannes Lions festival owner, as been bought out by its rival Informa

Cannes Lion Festival bought out by rival business, informa

By Danette Breitenbach 24 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

World shares off record highs ahead of inflation tests

By Yoruk Bahceli and Wayne Cole 26 Feb 2024

More news

Bob van Dijk steps down as CEO of Naspers and Prosus, Ervin Tu named successor

Tannur Anders 18 Sep 2023

Image source: padasmith –

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yuan jumps as Beijing vows to bolster economy

Rae Wee 25 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Dollar teeters near one-year low; euro climbs to 17-month peak

Rae Wee 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yen nervy as markets on intervention alert; Aussie slips after RBA

Ankur Banerjee 4 Jul 2023

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Liz Truss resignation will not steady markets easily

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

After policy U-turns, UK's Liz Truss says Britain wants stability

17 Oct 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied

Walmart offers to buy remaining stake in Massmart

Nqobile Dludla 29 Aug 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Kremlin rejects Russian default, says payments executed

27 Jun 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

Source: ©Glencore Coal in wash plant

Cerrejón joint venture sale completed

12 Jan 2022

Optimism returns to markets

7 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: ©Pexels

Absa lists NewPalladium on Botswana Stock Exchange

24 Nov 2021

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

Source: ©Access Bank

Access Bank Zambia & Atlas Mara Zambia combine entities

27 Oct 2021

Source: © sedatseven

SA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

Source: ©volkoff

Top 10 gold holding countries

5 Oct 2021

Source: ©czekma13 Agadir, Morocco

10 most attractive investment countries in Africa

21 Sep 2021

Source: ©3dgenerator

Record R8.45bn sustainability loan for Africa

21 Sep 2021

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Kristina Foster 20 Aug 2021

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

Evan-Lee Courie 18 May 2021

More news

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

Ascential, the Cannes Lions festival owner, as been bought out by its rival Informa

Cannes Lion Festival bought out by rival business, informa

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

World shares off record highs ahead of inflation tests

Yoruk Bahceli and Wayne Cole 26 Feb 2024

Bob van Dijk steps down as CEO of Naspers and Prosus, Ervin Tu named successor

Tannur Anders 18 Sep 2023

Image source: padasmith –

Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yuan jumps as Beijing vows to bolster economy

Rae Wee 25 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Dollar teeters near one-year low; euro climbs to 17-month peak

Rae Wee 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yen nervy as markets on intervention alert; Aussie slips after RBA

Ankur Banerjee 4 Jul 2023

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

Liz Truss resignation will not steady markets easily

20 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

After policy U-turns, UK's Liz Truss says Britain wants stability

17 Oct 2022

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Hot in the city: why investors should care about soaring temperatures

Tom Walker 16 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied

Walmart offers to buy remaining stake in Massmart

Nqobile Dludla 29 Aug 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Kremlin rejects Russian default, says payments executed

27 Jun 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

Source: ©Glencore Coal in wash plant

Cerrejón joint venture sale completed

12 Jan 2022

Optimism returns to markets

7 Dec 2021

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: ©Pexels

Absa lists NewPalladium on Botswana Stock Exchange

24 Nov 2021

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

Source: ©Access Bank

Access Bank Zambia & Atlas Mara Zambia combine entities

27 Oct 2021

Source: © sedatseven

SA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

Source: ©volkoff

Top 10 gold holding countries

5 Oct 2021

Source: ©czekma13 Agadir, Morocco

10 most attractive investment countries in Africa

21 Sep 2021

Source: ©3dgenerator

Record R8.45bn sustainability loan for Africa

21 Sep 2021

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Why real estate investors can make a real difference to climate change

Kristina Foster 20 Aug 2021

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US

Evan-Lee Courie 18 May 2021

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Shift Impact Africa 17 May 2021

African sovereign wealth funds double down on governance to power growth and prosperity

African sovereign wealth funds double down on governance to power growth and prosperity

28 Apr 2021

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

2020 a slow year for dealmaking in Africa, but post-pandemic opportunities look promising - Part 3

Wildu du Plessis and Morne van der Merwe 1 Mar 2021

What is sustainability accounting? What does ESG mean? We have answers

What is sustainability accounting? What does ESG mean? We have answers

Leanne Keddie 3 Feb 2021

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

NJ Ayuk 4 Nov 2020

Image credit: Retha Ferguson from Pexels

Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

#LockdownLessons: Paxful launches #BuiltWithBitcoin Africa Fund in lockdown

#LockdownLessons: Paxful launches #BuiltWithBitcoin Africa Fund in lockdown

Evan-Lee Courie 19 May 2020

It’s time the EU turned its rhetoric about Africa into more tangible action. epa

Europe and African relations post Covid-19: time to add size, scale and speed

Carlos Lopes 1 Apr 2020

The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?

The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?

Dorothy Tembo 1 Apr 2020