Zimbabwe government under fire for halting bank lending
Harare – A move by Zimbabwe to suspend lending by banks will backfire, create a parallel banking system and usurp... Read more
10 May, 2022
Kenya boosts minimum wage as inflation bites
Nairobi – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Sunday a 12% hike in the minimum wage as the country confronts... Read more
1 May, 2022
Suez Canal records record monthly revenue in April
Cairo – Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced on Sunday an all-time revenue record for April, earning $629 million following... Read more
1 May, 2022
How informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe shape notions of citizenship
Kristina Pikovskaia, University of Oxford Since the late 1990s, as companies in Zimbabwe have shut down and laid off... Read more
1 May, 2022
OPINION | Stereotypes about young jobless South Africans are wrong: what they’re really up to
Hannah J. Dawson, University of the Witwatersrand South Africa has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the... Read more
1 May, 2022
US calls for ‘immediate’ end to Libya oil shutdowns
Tripoli – The US said on Wednesday it was “deeply concerned” about an ongoing closure of key oil installations in... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Rising prices stoke risk of unrest in Africa, says IMF
Paris – Surging food and energy prices stoked by the war in Ukraine may lead to “social unrest” in... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal currency
Bangui – The Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the president’s office said on Wednesday, becoming... Read more
28 Apr, 2022
Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home
Jonathan Munemo, Salisbury University The global economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and... Read more
26 Apr, 2022
Egypt gig economy workers face rough ride
Cairo – Young men on bikes and scooters zip through Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling megalopolis, dodging cars to deliver more than... Read more
24 Apr, 2022
