South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund will invest about 25 billion rand ($1.6 billion) in unlisted companies across the continent, according to people with knowledge of the matter, renewing a contract with its adviser more than a year after...

FirstRand Bank, one of South Africa’s major lenders, listed two sustainability bonds on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The bonds will finance and refinance borrowers looking to invest in green buildings and affordable housing projects.The two bonds, which have...

South Africa opened its very first marijuana retail outlet. The initiative aims to better regulate the use of this herb, whose industry, promising in many ways, still operates at the margin despite the decriminalization of its use since 2018....

Mining giant Anglo American has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen-powered truck, a monster weighing 220 tonnes, at a platinum mine in northern South Africa. Billed as the first of a fleet that will replace the firm’s diesel-powered trucks, the...

Social impact investor Oikocredit is providing long- term project financing to Weziza Benin, an off-grid distributed energy enterprise, to connect 40,000 people in rural Benin to solar electricity. With Oikocredit's support, Weziza Benin will provide 21 rural communities with...