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GHANA’S consumer inflation reached nearly 34 percent in August, the highest since 2001, despite a historic rate increase by the…

KENYA’S tourism earnings more than doubled to KSh167.1bn ($1bn) in January to August from KSh83bn shillings in the same period…

A CHINA-BUILT rainbow intersection which partially opened Friday will help reduce traffic congestion in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, said…

NEW British prime minister Liz Truss has never said much in public about Africa. But, in my view, her administration…

THE Zambian government expects its economy to grow at 4 percent per year in the medium term and is focused…

Professor Posel: You’ve said that the WTO is all about people. How do we ensure that global trade reduces inequality…

SINCE  January 2020 Steve Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics and Director of the Troubled Currencies Project in the United…

AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2022, Africa’s investment event, www.afsic.net  , scheduled for October 10th and 11th in London, promises…

PARTICIPANTS at the just concluded AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum 2022 (ACTIF2022) in Bridgetown, Barbados, have expressed their commitment to…

WITH only one account, business customers can receive funds instantly from their clients in their home country and across Ecobank’s…

As global economic growth slows down and many developed and emerging economies face severe pressure, the SME sector is again…

GHANA seeks to become one of the major exporters of teak and teak products, Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister for Lands…

ETHIOPIA’S government has decided to open up the country’s banking sector to foreign investors, the prime minister’s office said on…

MULTIDIMENSIONAL poverty, a measure of various deprivations poor people experience in their daily lives, increased to 46.7 percent in the…

ZIMBABWE has launched a $30 million export revolving fund to revive its once vibrant horticultural sector. The funding came from…

AFRICA Finance Corporation (AFC), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, and Mizuho Bank, a leading global bank with one…

 NOVA Credit, the world’s leading consumer-permissioned credit bureau, announced a partnership with Vesti, the finance app focused on alleviating barriers…

 ANDERSEN Global continues to add depth to its Africa platform through a Collaboration Agreement with Tanzania-based law firm Lawhill and…

ZAMBIA won International Monetary Fund (IMF) approval for a $1.3bn, 38-month loan programme on Wednesday, a crucial step in the…