Zambian inflation slowed to an eight-month low in September after food-price growth decelerated from a record high and the currency’s two-month world-beating streak helped curb import costs. Consumer prices rose …
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Experts advise businesses on survival strategy in difficult environment
Foremost economists and analysts including, former Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr Muda Yusuf; founder, B. Adedipe Associates Limited, Dr Biodun Adedipe, and Dr ‘Tunde Popoola, have …
Increasing political activities will worsen the currency crisis, experts have warned. The value of naira has continued to wobble across different markets even as analysts express worry that growing political …
The European Union’s general court on Wednesday cancelled two trade deals that had allowed Morocco to export farm products and fish to the bloc from the disputed Western Sahara, a …
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Rwanda: Call for Stronger Trade Ties as Zimbabwean Embassy is Opened in Kigali
On the 28th of September, the Republic of Zimbabwe officially inaugurated its resident embassy in Kigali. Charity Manyeruke, the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Rwanda, paid tribute to heads of state of …
Nigeria is getting ready for the pilot launch of its new digital currency, the eNaira, on October 1. The new currency is being issued and regulated by the Central Bank …
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Bank of Ghana holds key interest rate at 13.5%
Ghana’s central bank on Monday kept its main interest rate unchanged at 13.5% with concerns over rising inflation balanced out by optimistic Covid-19 recovery forecasts, Governor Ernest Addison said in …
POVERTY rate in Nigeria moved from 15 per cent at independence in 1960 to 50 per cent in 2021, Nigerian Tribune findings have revealed. This is even as Governor of …
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) has compiled a list of priority investment areas from across line ministries for presentation to investors during the six-month-long Expo Dubai 2020, which kicks …
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Zela Aviation Signs Strategic Agreement with Tanzania’s Precision Air
Cyprus-based air charter group Zela Aviation in late August entered into a strategic partnership with Tanzania-based airline Precision Air. Effective from October 1, the agreement foresees that Zela Aviation will …