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Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye

Bloomberg: Trump USAID cuts hit electricity programme in AfricaMrinmay Dey

Fiyinfolu Okedare is director at Forvis Mazars in Nigeria

Big benefits of investing in Africa's upstream sector

By Fiyinfolu Okedare 6 Nov 2024

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

5 Nov 2024

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Source: © 123rf For the first time journalists can now submit entries in any category of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism

Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism open for entries

6 Dec 2023

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#COP28: Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

US-Africa programme should be extended through 2041, Senate Democrat says

Makini Brice 7 Nov 2023

Source: Supplied. Miranda Abraham is the head of loan syndications at RMB in London.

Africa's yield appeal faces rising challenges

Miranda Abraham 31 Oct 2023

Nepotism is stealing Africa's future

Nepotism is stealing Africa's future

Bertie Jacobs, North-West University (NWU) 12 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Government Employees Pension Fund chairperson Dondo Mogajane.

Mogajane launches Gepf's transformative policy for economic change

12 Oct 2023

Bob van Dijk steps down as CEO of Naspers and Prosus, Ervin Tu named successor

Tannur Anders 18 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

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Historic Brazil-Africa air route to boost trade

Katja Hamilton 6 Sep 2023

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Zimbabwe to take 30% of carbon credit revenue

Nyasha Chingono 21 Aug 2023

Empowering Africa's financial future: Pioneering a path of transformation

Empowering Africa's financial future: Pioneering a path of transformation

Dentsu 16 Aug 2023

Image: Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, 21 September 2022. Reuters/Brendan McDermid

Gabon 'blue bond' swap raises hopes for wave of African debt-for-nature deals

Rachel Savage 16 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yuan jumps as Beijing vows to bolster economy

Rae Wee 25 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Dollar teeters near one-year low; euro climbs to 17-month peak

Rae Wee 18 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Yen nervy as markets on intervention alert; Aussie slips after RBA

Ankur Banerjee 4 Jul 2023

File photo: Farmers use a threshing machine as they harvest their wheat crop at a farmland on an island on the River Nile next to the capital city of Cairo, Egypt 11 May 2023. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

Qatar in talks with Egypt's wealth fund over hotels investment - sources

Hadeel Al Sayegh, Andrew Mills and Patrick Werr 15 Jun 2023

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Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?

Rami Hajjar 9 May 2023

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

20 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied. Ola Oyetayo, chief executive officer at Verto.

The grey list survival guide: compliance strategies for South African and Nigerian companies

Ola Oyetayo 3 Apr 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

10 African startups get $2m investment for accelerating the continent's adaptation to climate change

11 Jan 2023

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DFC and Mastercard collaborate to drive digitisation and financial inclusion in Africa

3 Jan 2023

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German companies plan to invest more in Africa in 2023

Rene Wagner 28 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

IMF and Uganda reach agreement for $240m in financing

22 Dec 2022

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

World Bank's IFC sees 'huge' potential to boost investment in Africa

Andrea Shalal 19 Dec 2022

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New e-platform links 7 African capital markets with $1.5tn market capitalisation

12 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. Ethos' chief executive officer, Peter Hayward-Butt will continue in his role.

Ethos Private Equity announces its imminent buyout

22 Nov 2022

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Climate change: What a just transition means for Africa

Garth Napier 4 Nov 2022

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Agrarius lists first Shari'ah-compliant sustainability-linked Sukuk on the JSE

28 Oct 2022