Roystone V

Afrophile | Thinking about infrastructure, energy, capital & natural resource development in frontier economies

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

Aw we Somandla inkinga zami zifuna imali eningi. 🕯️🕯️🤍

[Bloomberg @business]

Harmony Gold Mining’s profit for the year through June doubled as the biggest producer of South African gold benefitted from booming prices for the precious metal https://t.co/HAqhllt01W

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

👀

[The Herald Zimbabwe @HeraldZimbabwe]

Zanu PF Politburo unanimously endorses President Mnangagwa beyond 2028
https://t.co/qxRvVvMXDm

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: African Union to launch Africa’s own credit rating agency in October.

[Bloomberg @business]

MTN Group and Dubai-based tycoon Tarek Al Ashram will develop data centers to power artificial intelligence in Africa https://t.co/42CP9OrsZk

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

As long as there is no investment fund that will be set up for this community, this should not proceed.

[ZimLive @zimlive]

104 families to be relocated to make way for lithium plant in Mberengwa

♦️ 52 graves to be dug up for $300 million project

https://t.co/mVcNNkfwm8

[ZimLive @zimlive]

104 families to be relocated to make way for lithium plant in Mberengwa

♦️ 52 graves to be dug up for $300 million project

https://t.co/mVcNNkfwm8

[Bloomberg @business]

Ventures Platform, backed by the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corp., raised $84 million to expand its financing for startups across the continent https://t.co/aopJJkbDJf

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

More….

[The Herald Zimbabwe @HeraldZimbabwe]

#BREAKING: RIDA boss remanded in custody on culpable homicide charges over Kariba ferry disaster
https://t.co/yFrV0A4jAD

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

China advises its citizens to leave Taiwan ally Eswatini over 'security risks' https://t.co/QXKDdIhJMg

[Bloomberg @business]

South Africa’s rand strengthens to a six-month high against the dollar and bonds rally after an auction of government debt attracted the strongest demand in almost three months https://t.co/K9SDX6lJSg

[Bloomberg @business]

Humanitarian worker deaths in South Sudan this year have surpassed the total for all of 2025, according to the European Union https://t.co/oL7A64vrYm

[Bloomberg @business]

Citigroup sees Zimbabwe breaking with the past as a poster-child of triple-digit inflation and fiscal indiscipline, flagging an economic turnaround is underway https://t.co/gG4r6dB61o

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

@CrimeWatchZW What an ally and a neighbor 🙂👍🏾

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

@OMtyambizi @miss_mica_elle

[Bloomberg @business]

Tanzanian Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi has resigned, the local Citizen newspaper said, amid reports that’s he’s fallen out with President Samia Suluhu Hassan https://t.co/GVQVhWuwXg

[Bloomberg @business]

Johannesburg is stuck in a 'debt doom loop' with fewer customers paying their bills, a research group said https://t.co/3pXe1t0tcz

[Bloomberg @business]

Tsingshan Holding Group is considering as much as tripling output at a Zimbabwe steel plant it started in 2024 https://t.co/mKFFkNJ7vu

[Roystone V @Roystonehpw]

To those wondering why Zim current GDP growth trajectory is not translating to improved livelihoods. Here you go👇🏿

[World Bank Africa @WorldBankAfrica]

Africa's economy is growing. So why isn't poverty falling? The current growth model isn't enough.

A new @WorldBankGroup + @AFD_France blog lays out 5 insights to change that — starting with the 25 MILLION jobs Africa needs every year through 2050: https://t.co/EKQSsyrlrU

[World Bank Africa @WorldBankAfrica]

Africa's economy is growing. So why isn't poverty falling? The current growth model isn't enough.

A new @WorldBankGroup + @AFD_France blog lays out 5 insights to change that — starting with the 25 MILLION jobs Africa needs every year through 2050: https://t.co/EKQSsyrlrU

[Bloomberg @business]

“We are only starting to understand and realize how much tropical peatland there actually is in Africa” https://t.co/2OQxSYssTv