SocGen is selling the bulk of its Moroccan business to Saham Group in a €745 million deal trib.al/Jq7L2S6

“It’s like a Goldilocks situation.” Top traders in India are getting eye-popping salaries while their international colleagues face job cuts, as China's growth prospects sour trib.al/jRxytUH

As Earth becomes a hotter place to live, it’s expected to become more disease-stricken, too. Here's what you need to know about the effect of climate change on infectious disease trib.al/hMbtwfJ

A crumbling $475 million metro in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa reveals the failed promise of China’s billions in Africa trib.al/eLD6g93

Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with military instructors from the country arriving in Niger on Wednesday, public broadcaster Radio Television du Niger said. trib.al/0A2wYoo

The Portuguese government will “assess” the impact of the operating loss that the Bank of Portugal is expected to post for 2023, Finance Minister Joaquim Miranda Sarmento said in parliament on Thursday. trib.al/2BYCUMz

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mushayavanhu voiced concern that the appreciation of the country’s new currency against the dollar could spur deflation trib.al/zW1WblZ

To Break 2023 Records, the Music Tour Industry Needs Beyoncé trib.al/X0G53BW

After more than a decade of opposition by residents of some of South Africa's biggest cities, electronic tolls will be switched off trib.al/QbmKePp

Congo, the world's top cobalt miner, seeks outside advice on potential export curbs of the battery metal to shore up prices trib.al/Xw56K6m

Sibanye Stillwater plans to enter talks with unions about a proposed restructuring at some of its South African gold operations that could impact more than 4,000 people trib.al/K9KEXFY

South Africa’s central bank won’t cut interest rates this year because of persistent inflation and there’s even a risk it could raise them, bets in financial futures markets show trib.al/GnwvGoO

Cocoa futures rallied for a fifth day as expected tighter supplies in the coming months push prices to near record levels trib.al/bkpX6EC

Moderna pauses its efforts to build a $500 million factory in Kenya, while it determines future demand for Covid vaccines in Africa trib.al/HIO58Cy

Zimbabwe’s statistics agency will start publishing consumer-price data in both ZiG and US dollars, central bank Governor John Mushayavanhu says trib.al/bYgCiBQ

South Africa seems to be heading for a big political shakeup — and investors are growing increasingly anxious trib.al/c3qJiz6

Political change is coming for South Africa and those clamoring for it need to brace for turbulence trib.al/OS7b827

Ghana is in talks to postpone the delivery of at least 150,000-250,000 tons of cocoa until next season — the latest sign of how a supply crunch is impacting the market trib.al/EcMqr3c

Don't know what the deal is with climate adaptation? We have your answers right here trib.al/hwb3tt4

South Africa’s Nedbank hopes to hire more investment bankers, in a bid to capitalize on a surge of deals in renewable energy, water and logistics trib.al/QauvWi4