Zimbabwe growth to drop by half in 2022, IMF says
Harare – Zimbabwe’s economic growth is projected to slump to around half of last year’s levels due to growing... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
Botswana to cull 10 000 cattle to curb foot-and-mouth outbreak
Gaborone – Botswana, a top beef exporter to the European Union, plans to slaughter 10 000 cattle to curb... Read more
20 Sep, 2022
Lebanese currency hits record low amid bank closures
Beirut – The Lebanese pound has hit a new low against the US dollar on the black market, a... Read more
19 Sep, 2022
Power cuts to plunge South Africa into darkness
Johannesburg – Africa’s most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at ageing... Read more
19 Sep, 2022
Eskom considers permanent load shedding… but has ‘decided against it for now’ – report
Cape Town – Eskom chief executive officer André de Ruyter reportedly said on Sunday that the power utility had... Read more
18 Sep, 2022
Eskom escalates load shedding to Stage 6 as more units break down
Cape Town – Eskom says it has implemented Stage 6 load shedding following the tripping of a generation unit... Read more
18 Sep, 2022
Sierra Leone delays full switchover to new currency
Freetown – Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank... Read more
17 Sep, 2022
Eskom announces stage 5 loadshedding until Monday as South Africans prepare for a dim weekend
Cape Town – South Africans are in for a gloomy weekend as Eskom has announced that they will be... Read more
17 Sep, 2022
Uganda furious at EU parliament censure of mega oil project
Nairobi – Uganda’s parliament has lashed out at European lawmakers over a resolution condemming a massive East African oil... Read more
17 Sep, 2022
William Ruto is now in charge of Kenya’s shaky economy: where to start
XN Iraki, University of Nairobi Kenya’s President William Ruto, sworn in as new President on 13 September 2022, has... Read more
16 Sep, 2022
