African economy news and analysis: GDP, inflation, interest rates, currencies, trade and the policies driving growth across the continent.
Williamson Tea Kenya has shifted its marketing to selling high-quality tea to Pakistani and Egyptian buyers through the Mombasa auction following regulatory changes that made the Kenyan coastal city the …
The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has unveiled a mobile app, NISS Agro App, for farmers and extension agents to promote their activities and access to the market. NISS …
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday completed the last and most important step of joining the East African Community (EAC). At a function held at the EAC headquarters in …
Last week, the JSE hosted one of its small cap showcase. This series is part of a broader initiative to help the flagging smaller capitalization counters on the bourse. Interestingly, the …
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Limited on Friday threatened to leave the country over theft of crude oil and production challenges. The company’s Managing Director, Osagie Okunbor, who …
A United States-based Nexford University, in partnership with Africa-based financial technology company, Piggyvest, is set to provide Nigerian students with scholarships amid the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic …
Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, has concluded plans to extend its wings to Guangzhou, China, and Mumbai, India, with scheduled flight operations this month. The airline has also disclosed that …
Aggressive tax collection and recovery measures by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) raised revenue collection by a fifth in the year to June 2022, the highest ever annual growth margin …
The Green Africa Foundation (GAF) has rolled out an initiative to train rural communities to adopt clean and energy saving cooking solutions as way of controlling destruction to environment while …
Small-scale farmers will start paying a presumptive tax if the Treasury’s proposals that seek to recruit more taxpayers to meet revenue collection targets are adopted. The proposal in the draft …
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