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Not since the crises of the 1970s has gold performed as strongly as in 2025. Amidst geopolitical uncertainty playing into short-term movements, James Luke, senior portfolio manager, gold and commodities, considers the bigger picture (Image source: © 123rf )

Gold and gold equities outlook for 2026

By James Luke 28 Jan 2026

Source: Reuters.

Nedbank to buy majority stake in Kenya's NCBA for $856m

By Nqobile Dludla 22 Jan 2026

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SA's first biometric ATM by FNB

SA's first biometric ATM by FNB

7 May 2018

Tanzania's new mining laws signal sweeping changes

Tanzania's new mining laws signal sweeping changes

Peter Leon 4 May 2018

Christophe Viarnaud, founder of AfricArena and CEO of French-South African tech company, Methys.

#AfricaMonth: Feed our startup gazelles and unicorns with funding

leigh andrews 3 May 2018

Pemba in northern Mozambique has seen a surge of new arrivals in step with investments to exploit off-shore gas deposits. Flickr

Why natural resource finds are more than just a curse: the case of Mozambique

Gerhard Toews and Pierre-Louis Vézina 26 Apr 2018

Zimbabwe: Adopt rand now - Terrence Mukupe

Zimbabwe: Adopt rand now - Terrence Mukupe

25 Apr 2018

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

Investment in agriculture helps tackle pressing SDGs

25 Apr 2018

Dan Sackey, regional executive for Anglophone West Africa & managing director of Ecobank Ghana

Economic prospects in Anglophile West Africa are looking up

23 Apr 2018

Responsible investors channel over $400bn into Africa

Responsible investors channel over $400bn into Africa

UCT Graduate School of Business 20 Apr 2018

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Kenya's Twiga Foods partners IBM for blockchain-based microfinancing

Tom Jackson 19 Apr 2018

Source: AGCO Corporation

Partnership provides financial solution for Zambian farmers purchasing farm machinery

19 Apr 2018

CoinAfrique app makes its mark in francophone Africa

CoinAfrique app makes its mark in francophone Africa

19 Apr 2018

Sarb and BoE team up to train African central banks

Sarb and BoE team up to train African central banks

17 Apr 2018

Dustin Homer, director: client solutions for Fraym

Africa's growing healthcare insurance market

Dustin Homer 17 Apr 2018

Tigo Tanzania's chief officer for mobile financial services, Hussein Sayed (left), briefs journalists on the GSMA Mobile Money Certification. Flanking him is Tigo's corporate communications manager, Woinde Shisael (right).

Tigo mobile money receives certification

16 Apr 2018

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

Ghanaian startup crowned 2018 Seedstars Global Winner

16 Apr 2018

Barclays Accelerator.

Why African banks must work with fintech startups

Tom Jackson 13 Apr 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

13 Apr 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa's to do list: seven economic policy areas that will shift the dial

Alan Hirsch 10 Apr 2018

Why my startup scene is better than yours: Senegal

Why my startup scene is better than yours: Senegal

Tom Jackson 9 Apr 2018

Einstein Forum

Building knowledge-based economies in Africa

29 Mar 2018

African Union flag.

Why Africa's Free Trade Area offers so much promise

Landry Signé 27 Mar 2018

Tigo managing director, Simon Karikari, (second left), and the general manager of Uber East Africa, Loic Amado, shake hands after announcing the partnership between Tigo and Uber Tanzania in Dar es Salaam. Others are: Uber country manager, Alfred Msemo and Tigo’s head of mobile financial services, Hussein Sayed. Source: Tigo.

Tigo and Uber partner up in East Africa

23 Mar 2018

Pick n Pay partners with Absa to introduce Grocery Stokvel Account

Pick n Pay partners with Absa to introduce Grocery Stokvel Account

23 Mar 2018

Happiness campaign from APA Insurance

Happiness campaign from APA Insurance

20 Mar 2018

Payment trends in Africa - driven by tech with an African twist

Payment trends in Africa - driven by tech with an African twist

David Noel Lardin 13 Mar 2018

Pieter Zylstra, regional director digital transformation, Middle East and Africa, Orange Business Services

#BizFinFocus: Five disruptions to the African fintech landscape in 2018

Pieter Zylstra 8 Mar 2018

New website launched for investors in Africa

New website launched for investors in Africa

6 Mar 2018

African energy investment set to grow

African energy investment set to grow

Kieran Whyte 6 Mar 2018

Lance Mambondiani, CEO: Steward Bank

#SeamlessAfrica: Banking is not about the app, but connectivity and content

Nicci Botha 6 Mar 2018

Mastercard to use Messenger to help SMEs leverage digital payments in Africa, Asia

Mastercard to use Messenger to help SMEs leverage digital payments in Africa, Asia

1 Mar 2018

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