Bhargav Acharya
Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa at Reuters
Breaking News journalist @ReutersAfrica. Tweets & retweets amount to absolutely nothing. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
businessghana.com | Elias Biryabarema |Bhargav Acharya |Tomasz Janowski
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Tuesday that he had a "productive meeting" with the representatives of tech billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, which is looking to establish a presence in the East African country. A unit of SpaceX, the satellite internet company is rapidly expanding its services on the African continent and is already live in more than a dozen countries. It was granted licences by Somalia and Lesotho earlier this month.
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3 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Bhargav Acharya |Sfundo Parakozov |Alexander Winning
JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - South Africa's headline consumer inflation fell more sharply than expected in March, to 2.7% year on year from 3.2% in February, data from the statistics agency showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast annual inflation would slow to 2.9%, just below the bottom of the South African Reserve Bank's 3% to 6% target range.
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4 weeks ago |
gurutrade.com | Tannur Anders |Bhargav Acharya |Jamie Freed |Helen Popper
JOHANNESBURG, April 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed on Thursday, as markets awaited clarity on U.S. tariffs and local investors looked for news on the future of the coalition government due to a lingering budget stand-off. At 1355 GMT, the rand traded at 18.775 against the U.S. dollar , about 0.3% stronger than its previous close.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Bhargav Acharya |Tannur Anders
Bhargav Acharya and Tannur AndersUpdated Mon, April 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM UTC2 min readBy Bhargav Acharya and Tannur AndersJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas as his special envoy to the United States, in an effort to try to rebuild a relationship that has soured badly under President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago |
gurutrade.com | Sfundo Parakozov |Bhargav Acharya |Christopher Cushing
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand firmed in early trade on Thursday, recouping some of its recent loss as investors took a breather after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an immediate 90-day tariff pause for many countries. At 0631 GMT, the rand traded at 19.25 against the U.S. dollar , about 0.4% stronger than its previous close. The local currency hit a record low of 19.9325 on Wednesday, the day Trump's country-specific import tariffs kicked in.
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