Southern Africa

Emerging market stocks rose on Monday after China posted a record trade surplus for October, while currencies firmed against a steady dollar ahead of U.S. inflation data and central bank …

South African voters will go to the polls on Monday to elect local representatives, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) facing its most severe test since the end of …

Zimbabwean government has partnered with one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, DP World owned by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates as it …

Marks the Indian bank’s maiden foreign currency bond on the Mauritius-based pan-African exchangeExport-Import Bank of India has listed its $1-billion 10-year bond on the Mauritius-based pan-African exchange AFRINEX. Pravind Kumar …

Mauritius has surpassed South Africa as the wealthiest country in Africa on the back of its many initiatives and policies to attract investors. According to the latest report by New …

Following the exit of Mauritius from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FAFF) last week, the president of the global money-laundering watchdog since July 2020, considers that …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a credit line of 500 million U.S. dollars to help boost Angola’s economic development. He made the announcement at a joint press conference …

It might be prudent not to take out a big loan to buy a new car with a powerful (and thirsty) engine right now – few economists disagree with the …

More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine caused by climate change, according to the …

Zimbabwean authorities shut down a popular black-market currency-tracking platform, the latest action to try and stop an accelerating decline in its currency. The central bank ordered marketwatch.co.zw and other sites …