Tesco stops imports of Zimbabwe crops

The UK supermarket group will halt importing about £1m of fresh vegetables from Zimbabwe amid growing international call for further action to maximise pressure for change

• ‘I am president,’ insists Mugabe
• Zimbabweans flee to US embassy

Buy-out fund reflects take-off in Africa

The private equity surge in Africa will be underlined on Tuesday when Kingdom Zephyr announces it has raised $325m for its latest pan-African buy-out fund

• Huntsman retaliates with lawsuit against Apollo
• Huntsman to seek closure on takeover deal

UK investigates Anglo-American mine plans

Britain’s Foreign Office is ‘seeking information’ from the mining group over its plans to build a platinum mine in Zimbabwe in spite of the growing political crisis

White Nile founders float healthcare business

New company plans to buy healthcare businesses that ‘provide services to the burgeoning African middle class and overseas businesses operating in the continent‘

Ambani rivalry could scupper MTN deal

The dispute between Anil Ambani and his older brother Mukesh has turned into a full-blown face-off – the worst eruption of sibling rivalry between India’s two richest men since they agreed to split their late father’s empire in 2005

Ambani sets sights on 40% of MTN

Reliance Communications’ chairman, Anil Ambani, is considering buying more than 40 per cent of MTN, Africa’s biggest wireless company

Reliance and MTN deal in jeopardy

Brotherly rivalry between India’s billionaire Ambani brothers is threatening to derail one of the biggest tie-ups in the history of emerging markets telecoms

Lex: Safaricom IPO

For investors in the “frontier” markets of Africa, the debut of Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile operator, was euphoric