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Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Dec 2023

AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'

African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

NJ Ayuk 10 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

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

Africa’s new online foreign exchange system will enable payments in local currencies – what you need to know

Christopher Adam 5 Dec 2023

Accenture and Palantir secure $415m contract with NHS England to deploy data system

22 Nov 2023

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

22 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

IMF may need to augment Egypt programme amid Gaza war impacts, Georgieva says

20 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500m with African nations -minister

Aziz El Yaakoubi 10 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

African Development Bank approves $102.6m support programme for Ghana

Christian Akorlie and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 10 Nov 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

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

Makini Brice 7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Belgium drafting new fuel quality law targeting exports to Africa

3 Nov 2023

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Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

MacDonald Dzirutwe 27 Dec 2023

AEC: 'African nations must reject promises of aid and handouts to abandon their oil and gas as COP28 wraps up'

African Energy Chamber is an outspoken advocate for African oil and gas

NJ Ayuk 10 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

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

Image source: andreypopov –

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

Chris Mfula 6 Dec 2023

Africa’s new online foreign exchange system will enable payments in local currencies – what you need to know

Christopher Adam 5 Dec 2023

Accenture and Palantir secure $415m contract with NHS England to deploy data system

22 Nov 2023

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

Tresor launches R100m Jacquel Ventures investment firm

22 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

IMF may need to augment Egypt programme amid Gaza war impacts, Georgieva says

20 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Saudi Arabia to sign deals worth over $500m with African nations -minister

Aziz El Yaakoubi 10 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

African Development Bank approves $102.6m support programme for Ghana

Christian Akorlie and Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 10 Nov 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

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

Makini Brice 7 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Belgium drafting new fuel quality law targeting exports to Africa

3 Nov 2023

Bloomberg Television adds new programming for African audience

3 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Africa-US trade programme needs at least 10-year extension, AU says

Joe Bavier 3 Nov 2023

Onafriq (formerly MFS Africa) founder and CEO Dare Okoudjou

MFS Africa clears confusion and rebrands to Onafriq

2 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

Source: © 123rf The annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) Forum 2023 will take place from 30 October to 1 November in Cape Town

Bloomberg's Annual Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 set for Cape Town

16 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters. Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, addresses the media on the fourth day of the annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, in Marrakech, Morocco.

Cautious welcome: World Bank and IMF return to Africa, but questions remain

Carlos Lopes 12 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

Source: Supplied. Nandan Mer, chief executive officer of Network International Group.

Network International's R500m on-soil platform goes live

12 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Standard Bank's inaugural nature-conservation loan powers Wilderness' market expansion

11 Oct 2023

Moove rolls out R284m Investment Conference pledge

Moove rolls out R284m Investment Conference pledge

10 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Is Mauritian banking transforming sub-Saharan Africa's economic landscape internationally?

Thavin Audit 4 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Ipeleng Mkhari, the founder and chief executive officer of Motseng Investment Holdings.

Motseng's Silver Jubilee: Empowering women, driving African growth

2 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied.

Pan-African real-estate firm and RMB take a lead in propelling Africa's sustainability agenda

29 Sep 2023

Source: Miranda Abraham, RMB’s head of loan syndications.

Miranda Abraham appointed to LMA Board, boosting EMEA

22 Sep 2023

Zambian neobank Lupiya secures $8.25m funding

Zambian neobank Lupiya secures $8.25m funding

18 Sep 2023

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

Tannur Anders 18 Sep 2023

Source: Twitter/ @AfDB_Group President of the African Development Bank Group Akinwumi Adesina wraps up a week of learning and strengthening collaboration with the government and private sector of Korea with a visit to Busan’s port, the busiest in the world.

African Development Bank and South Korea ink $28.6m deals

18 Sep 2023

Source: MoonPay.

Nigerian cryptocurrency access revolutionised

13 Sep 2023

A view shows rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Talat N'yaaqoub, Morocco, 11 September 2023. Reuters/Hannah McKay

Morocco wants IMF-World Bank meetings to proceed despite quake

David Lawder 12 Sep 2023

Source: Reuters.

The African Union becomes a permanent member of the G20

11 Sep 2023

Historic Brazil-Africa air route to boost trade

Katja Hamilton 6 Sep 2023

#BRICS2023: Pandemic fund in focus for Brics Bank

Katja Hamilton 30 Aug 2023

Source: Afreximbank.

Afreximbank and China Development Bank forge $400m loan pact for African SME support

29 Aug 2023

Source: Supplied. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in a pull-aside meeting with UN Secretary General HE António Guterres on the margins of the Brics-Africa Outreach and Brics Plus Dialogue which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

#BRICS2023 triumph: The week that shaped inclusive global dialogue

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

Source: United Nations. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

#BRICS2023: UN Secretary-General calls for African seat on Security Council

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023