World trade is expected to fall by between 13 and 32 percent this year as the covid-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the...
Zimbabwe has reintroduced the use of foreign currencies for domestic transactions, in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The country had banned foreign notes in June...
South Africa has plunged into recession and widespread power cuts are being blamed for it. Official statistics released on Tuesday shows South Africa’s economy, the continent’s...
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa says he is focusing discussions needed between the government and trade unions to slow the rate of growth in public sector...
The Overseas Development Institute, ODI, is urging international firms to begin looking at Africa as a place to make profits rather than a place for charitable...
Two African countries are on the top ten list of fastest growing world economies. The 2020 African Economic Outlook report by African Development Bank says Tanzania...
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo says his country is determined to join a west African currency plan that will replace the France-backed CFA Franc next year in eight regional...