Business Seeking to change deadbeat image, Zimbabwe pays debt Harare – After 20 years of not paying its debts, Zimbabwe is taking steps to clean up its balance... Read more 12 Sep, 2021
Business South Africa economy grows for fourth consecutive quarter Pretoria – South Africa recorded a fourth consecutive quarter of economic growth between April and June, the national statistics... Read more 7 Sep, 2021
Business ‘Do something Mr President!’ Ghana traders protest border closures as Covid measures bite Accra – Traders on Ghana’s border with Ivory Coast protested on Thursday for President Nana Akufo-Addo to lift land border... Read more 3 Sep, 2021
Business Leaded petrol runs out of gas, century after first warnings, UN says Nairobi – The use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the globe, a milestone that will prevent more... Read more 31 Aug, 2021
Business DRC seeks $58 billion to rebuild industry Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday announced a plan to re-industrialise the resource-rich but impoverished African... Read more 27 Aug, 2021
Business Dollar dominance back on agenda in DRC Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo has revived a long-standing dream of promoting the national currency and sidelining the... Read more 16 Aug, 2021
Business Egypt’s Sisi sparks anger as he vows to raise price of subsidised bread Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said this week his administration is ready to raise the price of... Read more 5 Aug, 2021
Business Tunisia’s political crisis fuelled by endless economic pain Tunis – Spiralling prices, stagnant wages, jobs lost to the pandemic: anger over deep economic woes in debt-hit Tunisia... Read more 29 Jul, 2021
Business Crisis-hit Libya faces lean Eid as livestock prices spiral Benghazi – Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the... Read more 19 Jul, 2021
Business Sudan economy: Inflation soars above 400% as discontent grows Khartoum – Inflation in Sudan has jumped to more than 400%, state media reported on Sunday amid popular discontent... Read more 19 Jul, 2021