A shortage of hard cash and a severe drought that has caused power outages in copper-producing Zambia have made its currency, the kwacha, fall to a record...
There is no shortage of news from the UK, a major former colonial master in Africa, over whose former empire the sun reputedly never set. We...
Shell Nigeria, a multinational oil company, claims that through the operations of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company...
Zimbabwe’s Treasury says that the newly introduced gold-backed currency is the official unit of exchange for transactions. It also stated on Tuesday that laws requiring businesses...
After its executives were invited to Nigeria and subsequently arrested as part of a crackdown on cryptocurrencies, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, warned that the...
The World Bank has announced that it has granted a $138.5 million loan to assist Namibia in strengthening its transmission network and integrate renewable energy projects...
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria plans to delist the country’s currency, Naira, from all peer-to-peer cryptocurrency platforms to combat dollar racketeering and exchange rate...
The name of the organisation is as opaque as a name can get: World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA). I had never heard of it. And...
Daniel Chapo has announced that he will run for president in the October election on behalf of the ruling FRELIMO party in Mozambique. Since achieving independence...
In a move aimed at increasing local supply, Nigeria’s power regulator has directed the grid operator to reduce supplies to consumers abroad. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory...
The budget season is here again. It is an institutional and desirable annual ritual. Revenue collection and spending at the...
In an indication to traders that the activities of its mega-refinery might soon disrupt regional fuel markets, Nigeria’s private Dangote...
According to South Africa’s tax department, pension withdrawals have increased to 49.6 billion rand ($2.8 billion) in the 11 weeks...
The United States special envoy to Sudan has made his first trip to the African nation, hoping to bring an...
As reported by the electoral commission on Tuesday, Abdirahman Cirro, the opposition leader of Somaliland, triumphed against incumbent president Muse...
A draft resolution from the UN Security Council urging Sudan’s warring parties to immediately end hostilities and guarantee the delivery...
According to the British foreign ministry, Britain will look to other members of the UN Security Council on Monday to...
Following Mali’s imprisonment of its CEO, Terence Holohan, and two other staff members last month, Australia’s Resolute Mining said on...
Thousands of Nigeriens demonstrated in the streets on Saturday and Sunday in support of the ruling CNSP and in opposition...
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, has resorted to lobbying world leaders at the ongoing 19th G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de...