By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Business Day (South Africa)
South African bank Absa has opened an office in Dubai to expand its activities beyond its African markets and strengthen trade between Africa and the Gulf. Its head at the Dubai International Financial Centre branch outlined expansion plans and regional prospects in an interview with Business Day TV on 29 October 2026.
Casablanca’s MASI index fell 0.74% to 16,801.43 points in trading on 29 October, with more than 106.67 million dirhams exchanged. Telecommunications dropped 2.86%, while beverages rose 4.75%, Infomediaire reports.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Infomediaire ·
Savanna Beef Processors has suspended slaughtering, cooling, cutting and packing after foot-and-mouth disease emerged in Namibia, putting around 240 jobs at risk. The abattoir is seeking markets and financial support while its operational employees are on leave, the Windhoek Observer reports.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Source: Windhoek Observer ·
South Africa were dismissed for 329 runs in the first innings of the third Test against Australia in Cape Town, despite 95 from Marques Ackerman and 78 from Aiden Markram. Mitchell Starc took six wickets for 72 runs before Australia also scored 329 on day two, with four batters passing fifty, according to the Daily Maverick and Business Day.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Source: Daily Maverick ·
The Confederal Bank for Investment and Development of the Alliance of Sahel States signed a memorandum with VEB.RF, Russia’s state-owned development company. The agreement is intended to support the financing of Sahelian projects in infrastructure, energy, transport and agriculture, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Source: La Nouvelle Tribune ·
South Africa reach 140/4 against Australia in Cape TownSouth Africa reached 140 for four against Australia on the third day of the decisive match played in Cape Town. Simon Harmer believes Friday’s first hour will be decisive, while Australia hope to limit their target to around 200 runs, TimesLIVE reports.
Luanda set to exceed 20 million residents by 2050Luanda is expected to have 20.3 million residents in 2050, compared with 11.4 million today, and become sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous city. Lagos would reach 16.2 million, while Bamako and Mogadishu would enter the 15 most populous cities, according to a World Bank report.The week in Africa
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