Topics
Browse the live wire by capital topic, from funding rounds and IPOs to central banks, trade and development finance.
- Funding & VC10 stories this week
Startup rounds, venture funds and growth capital for African, Caribbean and Black-founded companies.
- M&A11 stories this week
Acquisitions, mergers, stake sales and buyouts involving African, Caribbean and diaspora-owned companies.
- IPO & listings16 stories this week
New listings, IPO plans and exchange news from the JSE, NGX, NSE, BRVM, the Jamaica Stock Exchange and global markets.
- Markets30 stories this week
Stocks, bonds and market moves that matter to diaspora investors.
- Sovereign & debt25 stories this week
Eurobonds, IMF programs, credit ratings and debt restructurings across Africa and the Caribbean.
- Central banks & FX19 stories this week
Interest-rate decisions, inflation and currency moves for the naira, cedi, shilling, rand and other diaspora-linked currencies.
- Trade19 stories this week
AfCFTA, AGOA, tariffs and the trade flows linking Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora.
- DFIs & development finance11 stories this week
Financing from Afreximbank, the African Development Bank, IFC, BII, DFC and other development finance institutions.
- Remittances & diaspora capital0 stories this week
Remittances, diaspora bonds and the money the global diaspora sends and invests home.
- Banking & fintech47 stories this week
Banks, mobile money, payments and fintech, from Black-owned US banks to pan-African lenders.
- Energy & mining51 stories this week
Oil, gas, power, renewables and critical minerals across Africa and the Caribbean.
- Tech & startups14 stories this week
Technology companies and founders across Africa, the Caribbean and the Black diaspora.
- Real estate & infrastructure11 stories this week
Ports, rail, power, housing, data centres and the capital that builds them.
- Agriculture14 stories this week
Agribusiness, cocoa, coffee, food security and farm finance.
- Economy & growth77 stories this week
Growth, investment, jobs and the economic conditions that shape business across Africa, the Caribbean and Black communities.
- Black business4 stories this week
Black-owned companies, banks and founders, and the capital, deals and policy that move them.