Regional

10 months ago | July 21, 2023

Nigeria must unleash an industrial revolution: African ...

Nigeria urgently needs to revolutionise its industrial sector to become an economic giant. This, in turn, will transform ...

Anti-dumping duties on frozen chicken up for review

Local chicken producers and importers of frozen bone-in chicken portions are gearing up for the upcoming review to ...

10 months ago | July 18, 2023

Godongwana rebuffs ruling party call to pressure Sarb

Bloomberg South Africa’s finance minister rebuffed a call by some in the nation’s governing party for him to push the ...

10 months ago | July 11, 2023

The flipside of SA’s youth unemployment crisis: Those with ...

Luzuko Tena South African youth are facing a number of challenges concurrently, something that was unfamiliar to their ...

10 months ago | June 30, 2023

Kavango secures option over Zim gold project

Southern Africa-focused metals exploration company Kavango Resources has signed an exclusive two-year option to acquire ...

10 months ago | June 26, 2023

PPC’s loss widens as volumes in SA and Zim come under pressure

Compiled by Karl Gernetzky SA’s biggest cement maker PPC said on Monday its full-year loss widened in its year to ...

Zambia pulls out of U$5 billion Batoka project

Business Writer   Zambia has pulled out of the deal to co-build a 2400- megawatts (MW) hydroelectric plant with Zimbabwe ...

11 months ago | June 23, 2023

SA interest rate hikes needed to tame inflation, Kganyago says

The central bank’s monetary policy committee has raised the benchmark rate at its 10 past meetings with the aim of ...

Why South African banks stack up well

The investment case for SA banks remains especially compelling. A combination of strong balance sheets and cheap ...

Zambian currency, eurobonds rally on bets of debt revamp deal

Zambia’s currency and dollar bonds traded near multi-month highs, having chalked up double-digit gains so far this month ...

Rand takes hit after US homebuilding data

The US dollar edged higher after data showed US housing starts surged, while the Australian dollar fell after its latest ...

11 months ago | June 22, 2023

Zim opens economy, trade to other countries

Cletus Mushanawani in TETE, Mozambique Zimbabwe is implementing tariff liberalisation to open the economy and trade with ...

11 months ago | June 20, 2023

Afreximbank to double asset base to US$60bn

Kudzanai Sharara in Accra, Ghana THE African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) plans to double its balance sheet size ...

11 months ago | June 19, 2023

Zim exports to Mozambique bulk 80 pc

Cletus Mushanawani in TETE, Mozambique The country’s trade body, ZimTrade, is this week facilitating the engagement of ...

Personal Finance, Can ‘stuffing your cash’ help your budget?

Maya Fisher-French Many years ago, when I was trying to pay off my debts and get my finances under control, I used the ...

11 months ago | June 18, 2023

Afreximbank launches insurance arm, AFREXInsure 

Kudzanai Sharara in Accra, Ghana Afreximbank today (Sunday, June 18, 2023) launched a new entity, AFREXInsure, an ...

11 months ago | June 16, 2023

Middle class dumps DStv as interest rates, load shedding bites

MultiChoice continues to lose middle — and upper-income subscribers in South Africa, with the number of mid-market ...

End to Nigeria currency peg causes biggest fall in naira’s history

Nigeria has abandoned its years-long currency peg and allowed the naira to trade freely, traders and local bankers said, ...

MTN fights ‘bizarre’ funds seizure in Cameroon over dispute

A Cameroon court ordered banks used by MTN Group to transfer its funds into escrow over a dispute the wire carrier says ...

SA’s GDP growth to expand 0,3pc

South Africa‘s economy will grow a modest 0.3 percent this year, softened by a mild contraction this quarter, but will ...