r Nigerian border closures cut smuggling but drive up prices By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 14:06:24 GMT Benin crossing has been shut for three months, halting trade on vital frontier Full Article
r Vested interests are dragging South Africa down By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:03:10 GMT Cyril Ramaphosa will be loath to take on the people who helped him to the ANC presidency Full Article
r South African Airways close to collapse By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:25:18 GMT State-owned flag carrier struggling to pay salaries and secure funds to stay aloft Full Article
r Endeavour bids £1.5bn for Centamin in gold dealmaking wave By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:31:46 GMT Canadian group makes all-stock proposal public after talks fail to get off ground Full Article
r South African Airways seeks bankruptcy protection By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:44:24 GMT First state company to enter business rescue since end of apartheid Full Article
r African entrepreneurs pitch to Alibaba founder Jack Ma By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 05:00:30 GMT Business contestants battle for $1m prize money in glitzy televised extravaganza Full Article
r South Africa to impose its biggest rolling power blackouts By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:42:59 GMT Eskom will remove 6,000 megawatts of demand to avert total collapse of national grid Full Article
r South Africa’s miners shut down by power cuts By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 18:29:44 GMT State utility Eskom removed power to stave off grid collapse Full Article
r Visa in partnership with MFS Africa digital payments hub By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:21:20 GMT Tie-up aims to allow people with mobile wallets to pay for international online services Full Article
r Vodafone targets Africa’s unbanked with plans for M-Pesa By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 04:00:30 GMT Telecoms group seeks to turn mobile payments unit into provider of wider services Full Article
r Nigeria ratifies finance law in boost for small business By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:22:27 GMT Legislation cuts taxes for some enterprises while increasing VAT Full Article
r Global firms under scrutiny in Isabel dos Santos alleged corruption leak By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:10:05 GMT McKinsey, BCG and PwC named in records showing allegations of looting by Angolan billionaire Full Article
r South African Airways suspends some flights to save cash By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:50:10 GMT State-backed carrier starts cancelling flights as vital government funding is delayed Full Article
r Portuguese banker named in dos Santos probe found dead By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 18:04:49 GMT Suspected suicide comes as Angolan billionaire indicted for money laundering Full Article
r Saudi Telecom to pay $2.4bn for Vodafone Egypt stake By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:27:32 GMT Prospective deal comes as Riyadh-listed STC seeks to expand regionally Full Article
r South African miners applaud move to cut reliance on Eskom power By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 16:48:12 GMT Pretoria has waived rules that prevented mining groups generating electricity for their own use Full Article
r Angola’s state diamond group seeks global partners to become a top 3 producer By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Feb 2020 15:25:55 GMT Endiama chief wants ‘radical change’ in overhaul of country’s scandal-hit gem industry Full Article
r Sibanye-Stillwater chief hails Lonmin deal By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Feb 2020 17:14:46 GMT Neal Froneman highlights ‘lowest payback period’ after £285m purchase Full Article
r AngloGold sells world’s deepest gold mine in South Africa exit By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:40:38 GMT Move could pave way for company to shift primary listing to London Full Article
r Anglo American ‘encouraged’ by South African move to loosen currency controls By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:15:14 GMT Restrictions have hampered miner’s ability to move money out of the country Full Article
r Sasol plans South Africa’s biggest rights issue in decades By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:30:11 GMT Petrochemicals group to launch sale of up to $2bn in shares as part of debt reduction push Full Article
r African health officials warn of chronic medical shortages By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:23:10 GMT Central African Republic has just three ventilators for its 5m people Full Article
r Takeaway suitor Naspers flaunts $8bn takeover budget By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 04:00:33 GMT South African ecommerce group insists it remains in acquisition mode Full Article
r UAE groups implicated in suspected violation of Libyan arms embargo By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 04:00:56 GMT Two Gulf companies shipped jet fuel to renegade general Khalifa Haftar, documents show Full Article
r De Beers to cut diamond production by 20 per cent this year By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:07:36 GMT World’s second-largest diamond miner cites disruption along the supply chain Full Article
r Dow enters bear market as pandemic declared By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:11:43 GMT Investors fret over the level of economic stimulus Washington is likely to provide Full Article
r US stocks fall 10% in worst day since 1987 crash By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:09:20 GMT Wall Street’s late sell-off came on top of Europe’s worst-ever single day performance Full Article
r Tokyo stock price fall reflects virus threat to Olympics, say analysts By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 09:45:58 GMT Nikkei 225 average drops 16 per cent over the week amid broad pandemic-linked sell-off Full Article
r Short bans/market closures: they amplify panic By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:53:03 GMT Trading restrictions did not work in the past; there is less reason for them to work this time Full Article
r Philippines shuts financial markets indefinitely By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 04:27:37 GMT Country becomes first in world to halt all stock, bond and currency trading Full Article
r SoftBank: money gobbler By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:09:51 GMT The Japanese tech investment group is looking increasingly challenged Full Article
r Wall Street has best day in decade as stimulus nears By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:06:07 GMT S&P 500 closes more than 9% higher as investors cheer Fed backstops and political progress Full Article
r Wall Street records first back-to-back gains in over a month By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:07:42 GMT S&P 500 gives back some of its earlier rally as US stimulus package attracts objections on Capitol Hill Full Article
r US stocks close up 3.4% in positive start to week By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:12:17 GMT S&P 500 records fourth gain in five sessions, despite new leg down for oil prices Full Article
r GPIF hunts for overseas bonds to escape Japan’s low yields By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 12:56:51 GMT Strategy shift comes shortly after $1.4tn fund’s CIO tweeted he was stepping down Full Article
r Samsung shares create Korea headache for US investors By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:33:08 GMT Change in Kospi 200 composition prompts US venues to suspend related derivatives Full Article
r Japan’s corporate cash-hoarders have moment in sun By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:00:29 GMT Virus’s swift and unforgiving economic effect may silence activists Full Article
r Asia stocks higher after latest US coronavirus stimulus By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 08:33:13 GMT Shares rally this week on hopes that spread of pandemic may be easing Full Article
r Hong Kong’s hidebound brokers face coronavirus reckoning By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:01:50 GMT Viral outbreak has sped shift to online platforms, squeezing many traditional outfits Full Article
r Blackstone makes new investment in coronavirus-hit casinos By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:06:41 GMT Private equity group acquires 10% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts Full Article
r Coronavirus fears hit UK property market as viewings dry up By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 09:26:55 GMT Buyers and sellers worry about risk of infection, say agents Full Article
r Evictions ban aims to help tenants in rented homes By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:22:36 GMT Emergency move to prevent people being thrown out because of virus Full Article
r 2.7m properties dragged into higher stamp duty band By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:00:43 GMT Rising prices and flat tax thresholds since 2015 mean more homes in London and Southeast are in the top band Full Article
r Nationwide pulls tracker mortgages after historic base rate cut By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:43:14 GMT Mortgage products tracking base rate vanish as ‘the numbers no longer stack up’ Full Article
r Fed buys more mortgage bonds as rates rise above 4% By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:58:59 GMT US central bank accelerates purchases to stabilise market for securities backed by home loans Full Article
r Non-bank lenders push for access to emergency state funding By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:00:35 GMT Lobby groups led by UK Finance warn there is likelihood of ‘severe’ impact to borrowers Full Article
r Lenders sound warning on mortgage holidays By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:12:36 GMT Households urged to consider options such as reduced payments instead of delaying debt Full Article
r UK property demand plunges as virus takes hold By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:01:14 GMT 60 per cent decline in sales predicted in the next three months Full Article
r UK housing market put on hold after plea from banks By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:33:56 GMT Coronavirus lockdown hits lenders’ ability to offer mortgages and evaluate properties Full Article
r Banks say Fed rescue threatens mortgage hedging strategies By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:06:07 GMT Regulatory action sought to prevent intervention from having unintended consequences Full Article