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THE steepest dive in cocoa demand in a decade has thrown into jeopardy a plan by top producers Cote d’Ivoire…
THE world is eager to do business with Africa but finds it difficult to access African markets because of poor…
TECHNOLOGY giant IBM has appointed Ghanaian banker Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as its first African and female regional head for Africa. She…
WEST Africa’s burgeoning youth population offers a strategic workforce which can be harnessed for employment and economic growth, despite a…
ECONOMIC disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2 percent, a…
AFRICA is expected to partially rebound next year from a pandemic-induced economic slump, but it could still lose nearly a…
THE China International Import Expo (CIIE) has helped to diversify China’s sources of imports and facilitate greater trade flows between…
ONE of the most significant backbones of Ghana’s economic and social development for a very long time has been small…
THE World Bank board of directors recently approved $425 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to support the provision of infrastructure finance in Eastern and…
AFRICA’S travel and tourism industry has lost about $55bn due to the closure of borders to limit the spread of…
IRELAND’S former president Mary Robinson will lead a panel to investigate the leader of the African Development Bank (AfDB), accused…
OUT from under the pall of gloom over Africa brought by Covid-19 and contracting economies emerges a deal that’ll see…
THE World Bank on Wednesday classified Mauritius as a High Income country while Tanzania and Benin are now considered Lower-middle…
WHEN France pulled out of its African colonies in the 1960s, it retained its grip on power through currency control,…
THE African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) was due to be implemented today, 1 July 2020, before the impact…
AS African countries commence the re-opening of their economies, the IMF has counselled them to do so cautiously because the…
NIGERIA’S candidate to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said she feels ‘strong support’ from Africa and expects African leaders…
ANGOLAN billionaire businesswoman and former first daughter Isabel dos Santos on Monday said she had been ‘denied justice’ after losing…
EGYPT remained Africa’s largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2019, recording $9bn, an increase of 11 percent, according…
DONOR nations pledged $1.8bn at a conference hosted by Germany to help Sudan ease an economic crisis hampering its transition…