West Africa’s Central Bank, BCEAO, which serves to serve the eight west African countries has revealed that it intends to raise its main lending rate by...
The statistics office in Kenya has revealed that the inflation rate in Kenya rose to 9.2% year-on-year in February from 9.0% a month earlier. The office...
World Bank’s investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has revealed that it would invest €242 million ($256 million) in Senegal’s largest integrated cement manufacturer, Sococim...
South Africa’s tech giant, MTN has partnered with Nokia as one of its 5G radio access network equipment providers, as the mobile carrier expands next-generation wireless...
Tensions over the Russia-Ukraine conflict overtook the meetings of financial chiefs of the Group of 20 leading economies which were due to touch on issues including...
The Moroccan government has revealed that the Financial Action Task Force’s decision on Friday to remove Morocco from its “grey list” of countries under special scrutiny...
A contract to build 330km of a high-speed train line connecting the Red Sea Port of Sokhna with Borg al-Arab near the Mediterranean port of Alexandria...
Cocoa regulators in Ivory Coast have placed buying restrictions on 20 major traders from purchasing beans for export after they reached their buying limits. The head...
The Central Bank in Botswana on Thursday announced an unchanged monetary policy at 2.65%. The apex bank said it expected inflation to fall this year and...
The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released data that shows that the country’s economy grew by 3.52% in the fourth quarter of 2022. The growth...
Ghanaian fintech startup, PayBox Global, has announced the launch of an app known as the Buddy Super App Developer Programme...
Prominent Zambian journalist, Thomas Zgambo, who was in detention for two weeks on allegations of criminal defamation against President Hakainde...
Following preliminary results showing his party lost its legislative majority by a landslide in this week’s election, Botswana’s President, Mokgweetsi...
Draft budget documents show that Angola’s government expects a 1.65% GDP budget deficit in 2025, up from 1.46% this year....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Middle East and North Africa growth would rebound to 4% next year...
A “living income” for farmers is one of the major environmental and social concerns that Ghanaian cocoa growers listed in...
Following the release of TotalEnergies’ third-quarter results on Thursday, CEO Patrick Pouyanne informed analysts that the French company had just...
Morocco’s industry ministry has announced that Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, has reached an initial agreement to invest in the country’s...
According to data provided by Botswana’s national bank on Tuesday, sales of rough diamonds at the Debswana Diamond Company decreased...
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has called on foreign countries to translate their friendship with Nigeria to economic gains for the...