Zimbabwe’s central bank and industry executives gathered on Friday to discuss methods to stop the local currency’s depreciation against the US dollar, according to the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper. According …
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South Africa’s proposal for a $750 million (R11.4 billion) development policy loan has been granted by the World Bank. This loan will help the government speed up its Covid-19 response, …
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called for UN Security Council reforms on Thursday, saying that permanent representation for Africa will prevent aggression against the continent. Museveni addressed a gathering of high-ranking …
On Thursday, the United Kingdom will hold an African Investment Conference as part of its efforts to maintain influence on the continent, which has become a battleground for the world’s …
(Financial Times) October 28 was a foul day for Ugandan finance minister Matia Kasaija. Hauled into parliament and grilled over the phrases of a $200m Chinese language mortgage for the …
A plan to build a Sh28 billion city has moved a notch higher after the Nairobi Metropolitan Service in partnership with Kenya Railways picked UK firm Atkins Global to design …
The seven-month shutdown of Twitter cost the Nigerian economy $26.1bn (N10.72trillion) the Lagos Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) and Industry has said. “In business terms, the cost of the seven-month shutdown …
CEO optimism around global economic factors is at its highest in a decade, with 77% of 4 446 CEOs surveyed predicting improving conditions while only 15% expect the economy to …
Having secured about $31 billion in funding in the third quarter of 2021 alone, the world’s more than 26 000 fintech companies have together pulled the industry out of the …
Owing to the global inflationary trend linked to COVID 19 Nigeria’s economic activity in 2022 will be similar to that of 2021, one of the nation’s foremost economists, Mr Bismarck …