Economy

Ashipala-Musavyi is expected to meet Malaysia’s Foreign Minister, Mohamad Hasan, for discussions centred on expanding cooperation across sectors, including energy, trade, education, healthcare and capacity building. Both sides are also …

Cocoa Farming in Crisis: Is Financing the Missing Link? West Africa produces nearly 70% of the world’s cocoa, yet smallholder farmers in countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire continue …

More than 30 deportees, with estimates ranging between 37 and 45, are expected to arrive in Kinshasa by Friday, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. None of them are …

A delegation from the Taiwan-Africa Business Association (TABA) has disclosed plans to visit Nigeria later this year to deepen trade relations and sign investment agreements with government agencies and private …

Sub-Saharan Africa’s fragile economic recovery is showing signs of strain, with growth projections for 2026 revised downward amid mounting global and domestic pressures, according to the latest Africa Economic Update …

Rwanda’s liberal visa policy has positioned it among a select group of African countries—alongside Benin, Seychelles, and The Gambia—offering visa-free access to citizens across the continent, in a move seen …

The escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran has sent shockwaves across global markets, with oil prices surging by over 50 per cent as of late March, triggering …

Voters will head to the polls on April 12 in Benin to select a new president against a backdrop of a booming economy, but not everyone is benefitting from it–many …

Nigeria’s foremost industrialist and leading domestic investor, Aliko Dangote, has advanced plans to float what could emerge as Africa’s largest initial public offering (IPO), with Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals …

Africa’s banking industry generated about $107 billion in revenue in 2025, with Nigeria weakly positioned as the continent’s third-largest market. A report by McKinsey and Company shows that about 70 …