<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Monique Vanek - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monique Vanek - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUz30TByMqs/monique-vanek</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Monique Vanek - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUz30TByMqs/monique-vanek</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:14:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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In May 2022, fed up with the Eskom-imposed electricity rationing that forced the company to curtail its power use by as much as 20%, gold mining company Pan African decided to hire JUWI to build a 10-megawatt solar farm to power its treatment plant east of Johannesburg.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sun King Wins Citi-Backed Loan to Boost Kenya Solar Power Access]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/sun-king-wins-citi-backed-loan-to-boost-kenya-solar-power-access</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-28/sun-king-wins-citi-backed-loan-to-boost-kenya-solar-power-access</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:33:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eswatini Becomes Latest African Nation to Take Deportees From US]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/eswatini-becomes-latest-african-nation-to-take-deportees-from-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/eswatini-becomes-latest-african-nation-to-take-deportees-from-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:18:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icARFtgxwqZ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icARFtgxwqZ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>People walk through the city streets of Mbabane on July 3, 2021, as a tense calm returns to Eswatini after days of violent widespread pro-democracy protests. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Months On, South Africa Envoy Sidelined in Talks With US]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/south-africa-envoy-sidelined-in-talks-to-reset-relations-with-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/south-africa-envoy-sidelined-in-talks-to-reset-relations-with-us</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:47:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2nscqca1rrQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2nscqca1rrQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mcebisi Jonas.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African President Names Mantashe Acting Police Minister]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/south-african-president-names-mantashe-acting-police-minister</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/south-african-president-names-mantashe-acting-police-minister</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:01:55 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iONnRBSQaM3k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iONnRBSQaM3k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Gwede Mantashe, South Africa&apos;s mineral resources and petroleum resources minister, at the opening of the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. &quot;The government of national unity will pursue every action that contributes to sustainable, rapid economic growth and remove every obstacle that stands in the way of growth,&quot; Ramaphosa said.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[African Central Banks Weigh Policy Options Amid Trump’s Tariffs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/african-central-banks-weigh-policy-options-amid-trump-s-tariffs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/african-central-banks-weigh-policy-options-amid-trump-s-tariffs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citi Says South Africa Central Bank Could Lower CPI Goal in July]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/citi-says-south-africa-central-bank-could-lower-cpi-goal-in-july</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/citi-says-south-africa-central-bank-could-lower-cpi-goal-in-july</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:25:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqZk589pQjfc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iqZk589pQjfc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians at the Victoria &amp; Alfred Waterfront neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. South Africa’s ruling coalition risks unraveling after a dispute between its main members over proposed tax increases deepened, pummeling the rand.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa Finance Head Cautions Against Rushing New Inflation Goal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/south-africa-finance-head-cautions-against-rushing-new-inflation-goal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-08/south-africa-finance-head-cautions-against-rushing-new-inflation-goal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:47:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iO4Iez_XBG9I/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iO4Iez_XBG9I/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>South Africa&apos;s finance minister Enoch Godongwana</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moody’s Cuts Afrexim Rating on Zambia, Ghana Debt Reworks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/moody-s-cuts-afreximbank-rating-on-zambia-ghana-debt-workouts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/moody-s-cuts-afreximbank-rating-on-zambia-ghana-debt-workouts</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:28:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Kenya Has Been Rocked by Anti-Government Protests Again]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/kenya-protests-why-deadly-anti-government-marches-returned</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/kenya-protests-why-deadly-anti-government-marches-returned</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:50:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content 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Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[African Central Banks to Join EM Peers Easing Rates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/african-central-banks-to-join-emerging-market-peers-easing-rates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/african-central-banks-to-join-emerging-market-peers-easing-rates</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 07:19:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[South African Deputy Finance Chief Sees Budget 3.0 as Done Deal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/south-african-deputy-finance-chief-sees-budget-3-0-as-done-deal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/south-african-deputy-finance-chief-sees-budget-3-0-as-done-deal</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 12:51:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3ipbIQ3DeXE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3ipbIQ3DeXE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>David Masondo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa’s Eswatini Kingdom Plans $275 Million Wealth Fund]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/africa-s-eswatini-kingdom-plans-275-million-wealth-fund</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-12/africa-s-eswatini-kingdom-plans-275-million-wealth-fund</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAqh0P.lg7SE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAqh0P.lg7SE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Neal Rijkenberg Photographer: Jemal Countess/Global Citizen</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madagascar Central Bank Hikes Key Rate in Policy Revamp]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/madagascar-central-bank-hikes-key-rate-in-policy-revamp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/madagascar-central-bank-hikes-key-rate-in-policy-revamp</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 10:44:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looming Spending Cuts Herald a Bleak Outlook for Africa]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/next-africa-looming-spending-cuts-herald-a-bleak-outlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/next-africa-looming-spending-cuts-herald-a-bleak-outlook</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Monique Vanek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irZ7WEqE9fD4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irZ7WEqE9fD4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Kenya&apos;s National Treasury building is pictured in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 14, 2018. 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