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China Development Bank has released a $254.76 million loan to Nigeria for a railway project linking the two northern states ...

Tanzania’s central bank left its key interest rate TZINTR=ECI unchanged at 6% on Wednesday, holding it steady for a third ...

The following scheduled economic events, equity and currency market moves may affect South African markets on Wednesday.

Zambia’s kwacha ZMW= has hit a series of record lows since the start of the year as a severe drought keeps the pressure firmly on the copper-producing Southern African country’s economy. Analysts had ...

Ghana’s consumer inflation GHCPIY=ECI rose for a fourth month in a row in December, to 23.8% year on year from 23.0% in November, the statistics service said on Wednesday. Government statistician ...

South African manufacturing activity fell for the second month in a row in December, a local purchasing managers’ index (PMI) survey showed, as demand declined. The seasonally-adjusted PMI sponsored ...

Coloured gemstone producer Gemfields GEMGE.L, GMLJ.J has asked the Zambian government to remove a recently re-introduced 15% export tax on emeralds to avoid hurting the sector. The southern African ...

Cocoa purchases in Ghana slumped in December due to election-related payment delays from the state marketing board and squeezed exporter financing, farmers and buyers told Reuters, voicing concern ...

CNBC’s Pippa Stevens reports on surging power ...

South Sudan aims to resume oil production at its Blocks 3 and 7 on Jan. 8 with an initial output target of 90,000 barrels per day, Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol said on Tuesday. South Sudan’s ...

Following strong response to the announcement of Counder Conference 2025, momentum continues to build for this gathering ...