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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

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

By Nqobile Dludla 22 Jan 2026

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Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments make surprise announcement

18 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

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Absa expands its digital partnership ecosystem in Africa

16 Mar 2022

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

14 Mar 2022

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Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

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Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

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EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

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Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

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World Bank's $157bn takes edge off global pandemic fallout

2 Mar 2022

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Kenya's Cellulant targets 50,000 new merchants

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2022

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Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

28 Feb 2022

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

22 Feb 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: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

African Development Bank to close continent's infrastructure gap

2 Feb 2022

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Banking scams cost South Africans R295m last year

28 Jan 2022

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New Africa cross-border payments system to boost trade

20 Jan 2022

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ICGN's Henry Jones resigns

20 Jan 2022

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

2022 Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards opens entries

20 Jan 2022

3 trends that will dominate African mobile apps in 2022

3 trends that will dominate African mobile apps in 2022

18 Jan 2022

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Global e-commerce payment transactions to surpass $7.5tn by 2026

17 Jan 2022

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Cerrejón joint venture sale completed

12 Jan 2022

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Outlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2022

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BHP invests $40m into Kabanga Nickel in Tanzania

10 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: What's next for retailing in Africa?

#BizTrends2022: What's next for retailing in Africa?

Christele Chokossa 5 Jan 2022

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The Islamic Development Bank injects $252.5m into Pakistan's vital projects

3 Jan 2022

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Smart finance for Kenyan MSMEs

20 Dec 2021

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

#FestiveTogether: Joining in wishing you all a blessed festive season

Bizcommunity.com 15 Dec 2021

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Optimism returns to markets

7 Dec 2021

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The 2022 African banking trends unpacked

3 Dec 2021

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