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US market research and consulting firm IndexBox has published its latest report on the chicken meat market in Africa, which…
SUB-SAHARAN African economies are projected to contract by 1.6 percent in 2020 due to blanket lockdowns, curfews and closures imposed…
THE US securities regulator on Monday charged a former banker at a subsidiary of a US bank for arranging at…
CHINA said on Monday it is aware of calls for a debt relief programme for African countries, and is willing…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said its executive board had approved $1bn in emergency funding for Ghana and…
SUPPORT is growing for debt relief to help the world’s poorest, indebted nations – most of them in Africa -…
THE funding needs of governments in sub-Saharan Africa could rise by $75bn as the coronavirus pandemic hammers their economies, according…
THE rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in…
ABOUT 20 million jobs are at risk in Africa as the continent’s economies are projected to shrink this year due…
RWANDA has secured a $109.4 million in emergency coronavirus funding from the International Monetary Fund, the first African country to…
GHANA’S finance ministry has slashed its 2020 GDP growth forecast from 6.8 percent to 1.5 percent due to the coronavirus…
COMBATTING the spread of Covid-19 has now become the top priority of African governments, with every country dedicating already strained…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic…
THE Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) to the coronavirus…
THE G20 has expressed support for Africa’s appeal for economic assistance to help the continent fight the coronavirus pandemic, President…
THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is creating a $3bn credit facility to help African countries overcome the effects of the…
US-BASED Railnet International is planning to invest about $11bn in a modern railway line and high-speed trains linking Zambia, Zimbabwe…
THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), which represents the largest group of white farmers evicted from farms under Zimbabwe’s controversial…
AFRICAN trade continues to grow, providing myriad opportunities for local and international banks and corporates. But despite the abundance of…
GHANA became the first sub-Saharan African country to cut interest rates in response to the coronavirus pandemic, reducing its benchmark…