Africa

3 hours ago | April 24, 2024

President Ruto, a vocal advocate of borderless Africa

Ranga Mataire KENYAN President, William Ruto, who is scheduled to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair ...

2 days ago | April 22, 2024

Heavy rains, flooding shut Mauritius financial markets, offices

Bloomberg Mauritius shut its stock exchange, banks and many offices on Monday after torrential rains on Sunday caused ...

6 days ago | April 19, 2024

El Niño, low commodity prices start to affect Zim companies

Declining mineral prices and El Niño-induced drought has started to affect Zimbabwean companies as the government shifts ...

Nigerian antitrust body warns of steps to curb escalating prices

Nigeria’s antitrust body said it will take steps to curb prices that continue to rise despite the recent strengthening ...

1 week ago | April 17, 2024

Zim targets growth at IATF hosted by Algeria in 2025

Business Writer The fourth edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), which will be hosted by Algeria next year, ...

1 week ago | April 15, 2024

Bahamas to host landmark Afreximbank meetings and AfriCaribbean ...

Business Writer The 2024 Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) and the third edition of the AfriCaribbean Trade and ...

2 weeks ago | April 12, 2024

Africa now emits as much carbon as it stores

A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it ...

Closing the US$2,5 trillion climate gap in Africa

The sheer scale of financing needed to cope with climate change is coming to light, and in Africa, it is an eye-watering ...

3 weeks ago | April 5, 2024

‘Diesel, petrol prices up by 69,9pc and 64,6pc’

Within a six-year period, February 2018 to February 2024, diesel and petrol prices experienced significant increases of ...

Stanbic commits P2,25m to CEEP

Stanbic Bank Botswana has partnered with the Botswana Chamber of Mines (BCM) to support the Citizen Economic Empowerment ...

4 weeks ago | March 26, 2024

African ministers target to push infrastructure development agenda

Enacy Mapakame African ministers, Zimbabwean included, a fortnight ago discussed regional collaboration on ...

1 month ago | March 22, 2024

Platinum metals face structural hit to demand from electric ...

In the usual way of things, platinum and palladium should be turning higher after a slide from recent peaks drove supply ...

Sky is the limit for AI technology tailor-made in Africa

With so many hyperbolic claims and counterclaims being made about artificial intelligence, it’s hard to know what to ...

Afreximbank opens Kigali office for new development fund

Business Writer The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) launched its Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) ...

1 month ago | March 15, 2024

COM2024 focuses on green economies, home-grown solutions

Business Writer The 42nd meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and ...

2 months ago | March 5, 2024

Africa bearing brunt of climate change

Business Writer African nations are facing an “inflection point” as they navigate the complex and often ...

2 months ago | February 29, 2024

Transformative action across sectors key to achieve SDGs in Africa

Business Writer Deputy executive secretary programme support at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ...

2 months ago | February 23, 2024

Africa dominates list of world’s fastest-growing economies in 2024

Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development Bank Group ...

3 months ago | February 9, 2024

Malawi’s plan to create a stable economy

Stagnant growth, unsustainable debt, and the adverse effects of multiple shocks, including an outbreak of cholera and ...

Why SA Inc is snapped up in foreign buyouts

MultiChoice is not the first or last South African asset that will be snapped up by a foreign buyer. If Canal+ succeeds ...