Mozambique's constitutional court has declared void two loans totaling more than U.S.$1 billion at the heart of a "hidden debt" scandal that triggered a currency collapse and ... Read more »
Governments in Africa are encouraging digital payments to reduce person-to-person contact and slow the spread of COVID-19. In West Africa, experts say the pandemic could be an ... Read more »
The African Development Bank has raised U.S.$3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and ... Read more »
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI, the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announces two new appointments and changes on its Board of Directors. Dr. ... Read more »
Nigeria's central bank will create a U.S.$163 million fund to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and allow banks to give their customers more time to repay loans. Read more »
The World Bank has said that the normalising of relations means that Somalia is in now in good standing with the lender. It said the government's "strong record of fiscal, ... Read more »
In a shocking revelation in parliament, local small-scale millers accused large milling companies of collecting subsidised maize from the Grain Marketing Board and smuggling it to ... Read more »
Peter Moyo, the on again, off again CEO of insurance giant Old Mutual, has brought Part B to his court case against his employer for their firing him, asking that the board ... Read more »
Zimbabwean banks are set to lose millions after the Supreme Court ruled that debts incurred before February 2019 should be settled in the local currency at a rate on par with the ... Read more »
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