Economy of Africa

Business

Africa Must Diversify Its Markets

The World Bank’s Chief Economist for Africa, Mr Albert Zeufack, says there are enormous potential for Africa to...

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S.African Rand Plunges After Finance Minister Sacked In Reshuffle

South Africa's rand plunged five percent Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister and made ten new...

Headlines

Finance Minister Back In S. Africa On Zuma’s Orders

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan returned to South Africa on Tuesday after President Jacob Zuma recalled him from a...

International

Zuma Recall of Gordhan ‘major Setback For SA Economy’

Many analysts believe the president wants to replace Pravin Gordhan South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance...

Business

Elumelu Speaks On Africapitalism To Youths At Legon

Tony Elumelu visited Ghana as the first stop of his tour of Africa propagating the ideal of Africapitalism. In...

Business

Support Entrepreneurs If You Want To ‘fight’ Poverty In Africa

The Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) has entreated the African Development Bank (AfDB) to refocus its...

International

Robbers Pose As Police, Make Away With UK-Bound Cash

The amount of money they made away with is not yet clear South Africa police are investigating a daring robbery that...

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GSE: Poor Fundamentals To Impact Sam Woode Shares

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) Sam Woode Limited failed to impress investors in 2016FY as the company churned out...

Business

ETI Positioned For Strong Earnings Growth In 2017

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) the African Export-Import Bank and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated , parent...

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GSE: ETI Positioned For Strong Earnings Growth In 2017

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) the African Export-Import Bank and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated , parent...

International

South Africa’s Rand Currency ‘rigged By Banks’

Local and international banks have been accused of rigging the price of South Africa's currency, the rand, by the...

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GSE: BOPP Set For More Gains On the Bourse

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) Benso Oil Palm Plantation , in a recently released earnings report for 2016FY...

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GSE: Poor Q4 Report Could Dip Trust Bank Gambia Performance

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,)  the Trust Bank Limited – The Gambia, once again failed to impress...

Business

Weekly Financial Markets Review

In the Weekly Financial Markets Review for the week ending Friday, February 10, 2017, risk appetite was high on the...

Business

Ecobank Ghana Donates C600,000 Equipment To Health and Educational Institutions

Among the beneficiaries was the Maternity Department of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital Ecobank Ghana has donated a...

International

Arik Air To Challenge Nigerian Government Takeover

Nigeria’s biggest airline has said it will challenge its takeover by the government. Arik Air has been in financial...

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MTN Records Losses In 2016

South African mobile phone operator, MTN Group, expects to report a full-year loss due to a $1 billion regulatory fine...

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GSE: Further Gains Anticipated On Unilever Shares

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) the benchmark composite Index plummeted yesterday by 30.85 points following a 173%...

Business

MTN Launches “M’AHITI” Promotion

MTN Ghana has launched another mega promotion dubbed “M’ahiti” Promotion. For 100 days, MTN Prepaid Customers...