The port managements of Casablanca in Morocco, and La Spezia in Italy, are exploring innovative measures to facilitate the flow of goods. The new measures are…
Author: Nasir Agbalaya
A new payment system for intra-African trade is in the works. The African Union (AU) says its Specialised Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and…
Ethiopia plans to sell a 45% stake in its Ethio Telecom monopoly, an adviser to the state minister of finance said, as the government pursues the…
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has passed the second reading in Nigeria’s House of Representatives. The lawmakers passed the widely anticipated bill on Tuesday upon their…
Wycliffe Shamiah has been appointed and confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). Shamiah has been in an acting capacity since…
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 50.2 index points in November. This indicates recovery from the contraction it recorded the…
The Central Bank of Egypt has extend the term of its dollar bonds repurchase by 1.5 years from original 4.5-year-term. This increases the overall maturity of…
Nigeria loses N3.5 trillion to post-harvest loss every year due to the lack of proper storage facilities and the poor state of roads across the nation.…
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to hold the repo rate at 3.5% when it announces its policy decision on Thursday (19 November).…
Investors have swung in and offered Johannesburg-based AI fintech startup, FinChatBot a $1.6million grant to help expand its expansion into West Africa and Europe. FinChatBot got…