Some personal news 📣 I have taken up the emerging markets reporter job at Bloomberg News & will cover Africa & broader EM, while helping deepen coverage of local markets scene in South Africa eff. Dec.8. I’ll move to Johannesburg in the New Year. Tips at rndlovu1@bloomberg.net

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A gauge of expected volatility for the rand versus the dollar is at its lowest level since the turn of the century

Zimbabwe’s new gold royalty linked to the price of bullion is seen weighing on the profits of large miners in the mineral-rich nation which are enjoying a market rally of the precious metal

The searing rally across South African assets this year risks running out of steam unless economic growth picks up enough to make a dent in the nation’s sky-high unemployment rate.

Zimbabwe doesn’t intend to completely wean itself off utilizing the US dollar, even as it moves toward adopting the ZiG as its primary currency by 2030

Zimbabwe plans to boost spending by nearly a quarter in 2026 as it seeks to shore up an economy expected to slow

Zimbabwe expects to build a sufficient foreign-exchange buffer to enable it to transition to a single currency within the next three years

Zambia’s dollar bonds rose after S&P Global Ratings ended its default status for the first time in five years, signaling renewed investor interest in the African country which was the continent's first sovereign defaulter in 2020

South Africa has received notice from the US about a “change of mind” in Washington’s participation in the Group of 20 summit this weekend, President Cyril Ramaphosa said

The US formally warned South Africa against pushing for a joint statement at this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg that the Trump administration is boycotting, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.

Zimbabwe’s dollar-only stock exchange is seen overtaking its 131-year-old counterpart to become the nation’s largest by market value within two years

Top South African bankers are the most optimistic they’ve been about the nation’s economic prospects in decades following a spate of good news.

Where’s the right place for South Africans to put their money? Five investment experts weigh in https://t.co/r0nswx0wDm via @markets

African countries still face the world's highest borrowing costs. It's sparking a big debate

A wave of African central banks is set to cut interest rates at their final meetings of the year as inflation cools — a shift that could revive growth across the continent

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, plans to invest as much as $1 billion in Zimbabwe to build cement and power plants as well as a fuel pipeline

Mercedes Formula One Chief Executive Officer Toto Wolff is in talks to sell some of his stake in a deal that could value the team at a record $6 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Senegal has joined Gabon and Mozambique to form a trio of African nations on the verge of debt distress

The UK is expected to overtake South Africa as the largest source of remittances for the first time into Zimbabwe this year, according to Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube