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WITH Chinese conductors at the helm, a fleet of new trains has begun plying a new route from the Ethiopian…
A POTENTIAL increase in minimum capital requirements for Nigeria’s insurers, currently under discussion, could have significant consequences for the domestic…
STRONGER performance in the manufacturing industry helped keep South Africa’s economy out of a recession, and has led to a…
AFRICA remains one of the world’s growth opportunities for private equity investors, even though the market has already surged dramatically…
THE European Parliament approved has an agreement granting duty-free access to the EU for products from Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Swaziland…
A new study from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance (UNCDF) provides findings about the large potential gains for governments, businesses…
AFRICAN incomes are rising, and consumer and business spending is vibrant — but the continent’s manufacturers are still not taking…
FOREIGN airlines flying to Nigeria have started to refuel abroad to bypass pricey, and increasingly scarce, aircraft fuel, as the…
ZIMBABWE will introduce local bank notes, known as ‘bond notes’, at the end of October, the central bank governor said…
Despite a relative slow down, sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the fastest growing regions in the world, says global accounting…
The arrival of new supermarket chains in Kenya highlights the potential of the country’s retail sector, though a congested project…
Chi Onwurah is a British Labour Party politician, who sits in the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament…
MOVES by Ghana to expand port capacity are helping to reduce processing times and costs, although congested intermodal connections still…
FOLLOWING the UK’s surprise vote to leave the EU, analysts have assessed the probable impact such a departure would have…
KENYAN growth picked up in the first quarter of 2016, helped by improved performance across the economy and especially tourism,…
DJIBOUTI has recently inked an agreement with China to streamline the East African country’s customs systems, in a bid to…
STRONG GDP growth in Africa has masked disappointing productivity, according to ICAEW’s latest Economic Insight: Africa Q2 report. Over the…
MONEYGRAM continues to expand in Equatorial Guinea with the launch of money transfer services at Banco Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial…
SOME recent reports suggest investors have lost confidence in Africa as an investment destination. This appears to be largely as…
TANZANIA is to support local industries with the establishment of an industrial development bank and reduction taxation on locally produced…