{"id":28147,"date":"2026-03-09T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28147"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:16:13","slug":"oil-shipping-disruptions-hit-african-economies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/oil-shipping-disruptions-hit-african-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil shipping disruptions hit African economies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several African countries are feeling the impact of shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route, as rising fuel costs and inflation fears spread across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>BBC <\/em>reporter Shingai Nyoka, businesses and consumers thousands of kilometres from the Middle East are already experiencing the ripple effects of higher oil prices and disrupted supply routes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Zimbabwe, fuel prices have jumped by 25 United States cents, rising from $1.52 per litre. Meanwhile, the currencies of South Africa and Egypt have weakened in recent days as concerns over rising inflation grow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Ghana, authorities have been forced to pause gold exports to Dubai after flights were grounded due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28150,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-28147","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Several African countries are feeling the impact of shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz","published_date":"2026-03-09 15:59:01","news_description":"Several African countries are feeling the impact of shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28151,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28147\/revisions\/28151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}