Amidst the growing debt profile of Uganda, its central bank has pegged its key lending rate at 10.0%. Deputy Governor Michael Atingi-Ego made the position known...
Following the heaviest rainfall in 30 years experienced last year, the World Bank has approved a grant of $150 million to help Chad reduce the risks...
Amidst the financial crisis facing the South African country, Zambia, it’s finance minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane has claimed that the country is being wrongly “punished” for a...
Several Nigerian institutions have secured $800 million from the World Bank to expand their national social programs prior to the removal of petrol subsidies in June....
KoBold Metals, a Silicon Valley start-up, has appointed Mfikeyi Makayi as CEO of its copper unit in Zambia, the first female of such for the country....
West African country, Nigeria earned a total of N1.8tn from oil export in March as it attained its crude oil production target of 1.6 million barrels...
A recent survey by S&P Global on Egypt’s economy has revealed the country’s non-oil private sector activity shrank for the 28th straight month in March. The...
A consortium of European agencies has provided Kenya with KSh50 billion ($377 million) to build a dedicated electric bus lane in Nairobi to ease congestion. It...
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has released data that shows that the country’s annual inflation rate in March was unchanged from the previous month at 9.2%....
The Chadian parliament has passed a bill to nationalise Savannah Energy’s oil assets and rights acquired last year from ExxonMobil’s affiliate, Esso Exploration, and Production Chad....
South African disc jockey, DJ Black Coffee, has been named the World’s Best DJ 2024 at the Golden Moon Awards....
The draw for the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) holding in Morocco from July 5 to 26 next...
The Zambian government has announced the successful repatriation of a one-year-eight-month-old child who was trafficked to Mozambique. Making the announcement...
Some Nigerians based in Finland have been thrown into panic mode following the arrest and detention of the self-styled Prime...
In an effort to maintain a tight eye on the economy, Mauritius’ Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, who took office this...
Following the completion of a recent visit to Egypt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that its mission had...
A day after dismissing Choguel Maiga for criticising the government, Mali’s governing junta named its spokesperson, Abdoulaye Maiga, as Prime...
Brazilian meatpacker JBS says it has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian government for a $2.5 billion investment...
Morocco’s official media reports that Chinese President, Xi Jinping, visited Morocco briefly on Thursday. According to Morocco’s MAP, Crown Prince...
A survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that around 65% of Nigerian households, which is...