African economy news and analysis: GDP, inflation, interest rates, currencies, trade and the policies driving growth across the continent.
Kenya Trade Network Agency(KenTrade) has embarked on a sensitization programme targeting insurance companies aiming at onboarding them in the Trade Facilitation Program(TFP) in a bid to enhance efficiency in maritime …
While Moroccan politicians often invoke inflation and adverse geopolitics to justify rising fuel prices, Morocco’s market watchdog is currently arguing that extortionate practices, and a lack of political will to …
President William Ruto has revived a proposal to impose higher taxes on Kenya’s super-rich and high-income earners, endorsing the introduction of a wealth tax that failed to sail through Parliament …
Employees of troubled South African power company Eskom have been awarded a further 1.5% wage increase, backdated to July 2021. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) ruled on Thursday (29 …
The value of retail sustainable investment holdings in Kenya is projected to climb to Sh2.3 trillion ($19 billion) by 2030 on higher capital flows into tackling food insecurity, climate change …
Over 4 million Fuliza defaulters will be removed from the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) and other blacklists from November this year, the government and lenders have announced. The announcement made …
Cyberattacks in the Kenyan financial sector continued to grow significantly in the second quarter of 2022 as scammers increasingly become corporate-oriented, shifting from other sectors, a new report shows. According …
Retail traders in the country have a great potential to crack financing for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives and priorities if some hindrances are resolved, a report by Standard …
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the eNaira application has so far recorded a total of 905,588 downloads. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja after the Monetary …
The Bar Hotels Liquor Traders Association of Kenya (BAHLITA) has urged the government not to increase the excise duty on alcoholic drinks as this will further cripple the sector that …
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