Uganda is stockpiling their coffee in response to the high demand and low prices being paid by importers of their brew in Europe and elsewhere. Read more »

Commercial banks are expected to tighten their credit scoring criteria next quarter but anticipate that the total loans applications to be approved in the third quarter of 2018 ... Read more »

Mining now contributes around 4.8% to the GDP, up from 3.5%, attributed to new stringent laws and regulations. This includes two new laws on mining that give the government the ... Read more »

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will exchange N720 billion for 15 billion Chinese Renminbi (Yuan) in three years under the U.S.$2.5 billion bilateral currency swap with the ... Read more »

The Zimbabwe Women Microfinance Bank Limited, under the Ministry of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development, is set to open its doors after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ... Read more »

President John Magufuli has expressed his dissatisfaction at the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank for failing to empower farmers despite a U.S.$158 million cash injection ... Read more »

Finance minister Matia Kasaija says a 1% tax on mobile money passed by parliament last week is different from what Cabinet and the ruling party caucus initially agreed - which was ... Read more »

Developing the agriculture sector is seen by Nigeria's government as a key way to move the economy away from reliance on oil production. The government embarked on an Anchor ... Read more »

Deputy Minister for Finance and Planning Ashatu Kijaji has told parliament that the government has outlined five policy measures to stimulate lowering of lending interest rates in ... Read more »

The African National Congress's national executive committee has directed its sub-committee on economic transformation to urgently focus on the nationalisation of the South African ... Read more »