The Insurance and Pension Commission (IPEC), an industry regulator, has closed down more than 224 occupational pension f...
Feb 15, 2018
Fintech is boosting financial inclusion across Africa, according to Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com/group), the leading indepen...
Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded Kenya’s long-term issuer bond rating by one notch to B2 from B1 with a stable outl...
Mozambique’s economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2017, according to figures released yesterday by the government. “Growth in...
Rising prices are more of a threat to the global economy this year than joblessness, according to Bloomberg’s Misery Ind...
President Jacob Zuma has resigned with immediate effect after being recalled by the ANC National Executive Committee on...
South Africa has declared a national disaster over the drought afflicting southern and western regions including Cape To...
Angola's inflation slowed to 22.72 percent year-on-year in January compared with 23.67 percent in December, data on the...
Liberia's new President George Weah has ordered a review of concessions entered into by previous administrations, the pr...
Uganda's central bank cut its benchmark lending rate to 9.0 percent from 9.5 percent, its governor said on Tuesday, addi...
Zambian president Edgar Lungu appointed new finance and mining ministers in a reshuffle on Wednesday. Margaret Mwanak...
Angolan lawmakers on Wednesday approved a 9.6 trillion kwanza ($45.69 billion) state budget for this year forecasting 4....
Namibia's central bank left its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 6.75 percent on Wednesday, saying the level was appr...
RBZ’s export incentives from 05 May 2016 to 31 December 2017 sterilised mineral royalty revenue by a discounting factor...
Feb 14, 2018
Makers of electric vehicle batteries will have to keep using scarce, expensive cobalt in their products for the foreseea...
Robert Mugabe’s fall as Zimbabwe president is setting the scene for the return of a London mining listing for Andrew Gro...
Aim-listed Botswana Diamonds has started exploration work on the Sunland Minerals joint venture (JV), which it shares wi...
The four deposit taking micro-finance institutions (DTMFI) that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe licensed have in the past y...
Listed cement producer Lafarge Zimbabwe is looking to expand its operations as it is set to commence exploration drillin...
INTRATREK Zimbabwe, the local private firm jointly awarded the tender for the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project, says Zi...
Zimbabwe had projected a GDP growth of 6% in 2025, the Southern Africa region’s fastest and a record high in recent years. The growth was largely premised on a rebound in Agriculture anchored on maize
Zimbabwe has secured a significant opportunity to export blueberries to China following the signing of a phytosanitary protocol during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent visit to China, according t
Zimbabwe’s fuel prices have seen a minor adjustment, with petrol prices dropping by one cent from $1.56 in August to $1.55 in September, while diesel prices have remained unchanged at $1.55, according
Gold experienced a robust rally at the end of August, reaching US$3,429 per ounce, a 4% increase for the month, bringing its year-to-date gain to an impressive 31%. Despite a weaker US dollar, gold a
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) a leading South African platinum group metals (PGM) producer plans to redefine its volumes from improved processing availability at Impala Rustenburg and Zi
Zimbabwe has achieved a historic milestone by recording its lowest trade deficit ever in July 2025, with the deficit plummeting by 94.5% to USD 8.7 million from USD 158.6 million in June 2025. This pe
NMBZ Holdings Limited has expanded its loan book by 18% to ZWG 3.42 billion in the half year to 30 June 2025, up from ZWG 2.91 billion in December 2024 according to the latest half year financial resu
Zimbabwe’s inflation, measured in both ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold) and US dollar terms, experienced a significant decline in August 2025, signaling improved macroeconomic stability. According to Zimstat, an
