Africa

In addition to receiving seed funding prizes and post-competition mentoring, AgriPitch winners will be invited to the AYAF online DealRoom, which connects expansion-ready, youth-led African businesses with global investors.

Earlier this month BOM proposed investing more than half of the country's estimated lifetime revenue of $96 billion from the LNG field in a sovereign wealth fund that would be controlled by...

An estimated 3 million Kenyans who live abroad sent home Kes 280 billion in last year.

The devaluation of the local currency has prompted investors to inject money into listed companies. Until the end of 2019, these shares were undervalued but are now the only factors of stability...

DTB has appealed the ruling and secured a stay of the execution of the judgement. The lawyers at ENS say until the Ham/DTB decision is set aside, it will be a hard task...

The pound has depreciated rapidly, trading at 510 SSP for $1 on the black market, while the central bank is selling it at 167 SSP.

Airtel and MTN Uganda, as well as Stanbic Bank, were the most affected firms. 

Market giant Dangote Cement Plc, which climbed 9.9%, MTN Nigerian Communications Plc, up 5.7%, and Zenith Bank Plc, which gained 9.5%, were the three biggest contributors to Tuesday’s advance

“These transactions will significantly strengthen our presence in Southern Africa and further our footprint for growth in the South African Development Community region.

Zambia said it will however pay its bondholders $0.50 per $1,000 in bond principal they hold if the debt  suspension plans are approved.

Kenya Airways resumed international passenger service on August 1 with flights to Britain and Ethiopia while domestic service restarted on July 15 after the service was suspended in March to contain the...

Despite the difficult times there has been hope for better results.

While Nigeria has embarked on gradual easing of lockdown since Q2 2020 with a N2.3 trillion stimulus intervention, economic activities are yet fully peak, indicating a muted outlook in the remaining quarters...

On Friday, President Felix Tshisekedi announced that his government would also tighten fiscal policy to support the currency and fight inflation.

Albert Sigei, CEO CIMERWA Plc, explained that this will be an opportunity for investors to gain exposure into the attractive cement industry with solid growth potential.

Old Mutual and Seed International said in separate e-mailed statements that they would comply with an order issued by finance minister Mthuli Ncube that they suspend trading “pending finalization of the modalities...

The budget support intervention, will help boost the Malawi National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan that has been developed with multi-stakeholders including government, development partners and non-government organizations.

When you go to the market to borrow money, the market is looking at your current and past behavior

While this is not the first cross-listing the country has seen as there are a number of Kenyan firms trading on RSE, KIFC’s existence promotes such investment opportunities within Rwanda’s financial sector

The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has cut the Central Bank Rate (CBR) from 5% to 4.5% to support commercial banks to continue financing the economy following recent negative economic developments caused...

World Bank is deploying up to $160 billion in financial support for developing countries over the next 15 months to help protect the poor and support businesses. On Wednesday the African Development...

The measures are aimed at supporting interbank lending and freeing up cash in the money markets in response to “liquidity strains,” the Pretoria-based South African Reserve Bank said in a statement.

South Africa’s benchmark stock index plummeted to the lowest in more than six years after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of a national state of disaster over the coronavirus outbreak stoked investor concern...

Many countries across Africa have similar legislation that mandates local ownership in foreign companies, for the purpose of promoting local investment and ownership in key sectors such as telecoms.

Africa's most profitable airline company has announced that they will commence construction of Africa's largest airport in six months time. Ethiopian Airline’s chief executive officer Tewolde Gebremariam told the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation that...

Safaricom Shares slightly rallied by 0.71% but stabilized to 28.50 this morning after news on talks to acquire stake in Ethio Telecom went public today. Safaricom's Acting Chief Executive Michael Joseph yesterday...

At the end of today's trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. A total of 7,760,100 shares in 728 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 241,179,647.00, were traded. 42 equities...

Otros factores menos volátiles, como la exposición al asbesto, pueden contribuir a la existencia de cáncer digestivo. La filtración ha demostrado que los kayakistas que son leídos por su condición física aeróbica...

The Central Depository & Settlement Corporation will suspend most of its services for one week starting Monday 7th to Friday 11th October,2019 as it completes the transfer of user data from the...

Today is the last day to exchange your Kes.1,000 shilling notes as they become defective tomorrow. In a circular sent to banks this morning, Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has reminded retail...

CBK leaves lending rate unchanged at 9% after today's Monetary Policy Committee meeting.

Moody's Investors Service ("Moody's") has affirmed Ethiopia's B1 long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings changing the outlook on the Government of Ethiopia to negative from stable on September 20, 2019. Moody's Investors...

Government owned East African Portland Cement company last week issued a one month notice termination of contract for its employees in managerial positions. Managing Director Stephen Nthei told the trading room that...

Kenya Power's net earnings for the year ended June 2019 is expected to drop by over 25 per cent as compared to a similar period last year (2018). A profit warning issued...