African economy news and analysis: GDP, inflation, interest rates, currencies, trade and the policies driving growth across the continent.
The government has embarked on a sensitization campaign countrywide to create awareness amongst the business community on the opportunities offered by the African Continental Free-Trade (AfCFTA) and how to exploit …
A significant number of South African companies are still not paying minimum wage to their workers, despite mandatory changes and increases over the past year, says employment and labour minister …
State-owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya will from August start shipping fuel from Saudi Arabia at lower prices than the global rates in the latest push by the government to …
A new blow to the purchasing power of Zimbabweans. The latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency showed Saturday that the country’s annual inflation rate reached 191% in June. The …
Profit-taking was a pressure point for Nigerian stocks in the week that just went by although the scramble moderated substantially compared to the penultimate week, when equities generally fell by …
The Kenya Shilling traded at 117.57 per US dollar on June 23th, compared to 117.29 per US dollar on June 16th 2022, a weekly bulletin from the Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) …
The ongoing sim card registration exercise saw telcos lose 124,689 customers in the first three months of this year as the industry regulator commenced the drive to deactivate subscribers with …
The Federal Government says it has started the implementation of the N10 per liter sugar tax on beverages to reduce the incidences of Non-communicable Diseases. Mr. Dennis Ituma, Chief Superintendent …
Business came to a halt at Port Victoria market after 300 traders protested Busia county government officials’ move to construct kiosks on top of a sewer system. Led by their …
EABL wishes to notify its esteemed shareholders, the general investor community and the public of the appointment of image registrars Limited as EABL’s Share Registrar with effect from 1st July 2022 …
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