Economy

With just three weeks to go before Nigeria's presidential election, major cash and fuel shortages are stirring up public anger...

A total of  Sh17 billion has been borrowed from the Hustler Fund since it was launched on November 30, Co-operatives...

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Kenya has opposed plans by government to monitor individual mobile money transactions as...

Despite slowing growth and the worst inflation figures in a decade in 2022, African economies remain "resilient," and double-digit price...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading for an 11-day trip to Africa starting this week, aimed at deepening economic...

Intra-regional trade within the East African Community (EAC) is on an upward trajectory, standing at US$10.17 billion in September 2022....

The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central bank intervened for a third time...

The delay in renewing licences for private security firms has left hundreds of thousands of guards jobless. The government has...

Dozens of Tunisian lawyers protested on Thursday against newly imposed taxes on legal services, part of a 2023 budget that...

Tunisia faces a year of low economic growth and runaway inflation, and urgently needs a bailout deal with the International...

Sugarcane farmers through The Kenya National Federation of Sugarcane farmers want President William Ruto to prioritise them in his plan...

The Tunisian government on Tuesday presented a three-year development plan that relies heavily on private sector investment, particularly in industry,...

In 2019, Ghana had the world’s fastest-growing economy after a period of promising economic growth. However, that is not the...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) reports that its official foreign exchange reserves have risen back above the prescribed lower...

Latest data shows that “China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2021 was over half a trillion yuan more than initially...

The government will import basic commodities to bridge a possible deficits to be witnessed in the new year. Agriculture Cabinet...

Kenyan shop attendant Winnie Wanjiru Mwaura was brimming with hope when she signed up to be an election agent for...

Ghana's main unions on Monday called for a nationwide strike from next week in protest the inclusion of workers' pensions...

Ghana suspended payments on part of its foreign debt on Monday as the country undertakes debt restructuring in line with...

President William Ruto is using his trip to the United States to scout for a buyer of government's stake in...

The first commercial flight from Nairobi to Kakamega town has been launched . Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Wednesday launched...

Ports have long been integral to Africa’s connectivity with the rest of the world. Yet over the last 15 years,...

Ghana on Tuesday agreed on a $3 billion credit deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the...

Tourism stakeholders in Mombasa have welcomed the introduction of Mombasa-Zanzibar flights by the Marifly Air Service. The new service, which...

The Burkina Faso government has announced plans to raise 152 million euros for a "fund to support the war" against...

Ghana offered investors a domestic debt swap on Monday to ease a crunch in payments as the government negotiates an...

Germany is becoming a key destination for disillusioned young Tunisians despite a language barrier and the North African nation's long...

United Nations labour agency says rising costs of living led to the decrease in the global wages in 2022, potentially...

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said that  Trade CS Moses Kuria has nothing to do with the importation of...

According to a recent report by an advocacy group, governments across the world lose at least $90bilion every year from...