Regions
Browse the live wire by region. Each page lists the latest business and capital stories, the countries covered and the companies the Desk tracks there.
- West Africa66 stories this week
Deals, markets and policy across Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and the wider ECOWAS and UEMOA economies, including the Nigerian Exchange and the BRVM.
- East Africa42 stories this week
Capital and business news from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the Horn of Africa, from mobile money and fintech to infrastructure and sovereign debt.
- Southern Africa22 stories this week
Markets, mining, banking and Black economic empowerment deals across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Angola.
- Central Africa7 stories this week
Business and investment news from Cameroon, the DRC, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the CEMAC economies, including critical minerals and energy.
- North Africa7 stories this week
Banking, trade and markets news from Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, including the Egyptian Exchange and the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
- Pan-Africa26 stories this week
Continent-wide capital stories: AfCFTA trade, Afreximbank and African Development Bank financing, pan-African banks, and investors backing companies across borders.
- Caribbean5 stories this week
Markets, banking and investment news from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Haiti, the Bahamas, Guyana and the wider CARICOM region.
- US & Canada15 stories this week
Black business and capital in North America: Black-owned banks and funds, founders raising money, diaspora investors and the companies they build.
- UK & Europe2 stories this week
Black British and European diaspora business news, plus European investment and policy that moves capital into Africa and the Caribbean.
- Latin America0 stories this week
Afro-Latin business and capital news from Brazil, Colombia and the wider region.