Alexandra Wexler

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler

Cyril Ramaphosa will visit White House after relations with the U.S. deteriorated over race, Israel and tradeSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to meet President Trump at the White House on Wednesday as he tries to reset deteriorating relations between the U.S. and Africa’s largest economy. Since returning to office in January, Trump has cut off foreign aid to South Africa and alleged that white South African farmers are victims of a genocide.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Alexandra Wexler

SETTLERS, South Africa—Afrikaners, white South Africans long reviled as the architects of a racist state, are now being recast by Donald Trump as the victims of one.

2 months ago | in.marketscreener.com | Alexandra Wexler

JOHANNESBURG--The South African Reserve Bank held its main repo rate at 7.5% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise amid escalating global uncertainty. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa's ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, "persona non grata" after Rasool made comments criticizing the Trump administration.

2 months ago | morningstar.com | Alexandra Wexler

By Alexandra Wexler JOHANNESBURG--The South African Reserve Bank held its main repo rate at 7.5% on Thursday, as tensions with the U.S. continue to rise amid escalating global uncertainty. On Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South Africa's ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool, "persona non grata" after Rasool made comments criticizing the Trump administration.

Feb 24, 2025 | milanofinanza.it | Alexandra Wexler

L’uomo più ricco d’Africa, il titano dell’industria Aliko Dangote, ha un obiettivo ambizioso: vuole diventare il John D. Rockefeller della Nigeria, usando la sua ricchezza per trasformare il suo paese natale. Il suo ultimo megaprogetto lo ha fatto passare «attraverso l’inferno», ma lo ha anche avvicinato al suo traguardo.