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Africa is home to seven of the 10 fastest growing economies globally. This section of Biznews targets existing and potential investors into the African continent. Editors curate the most important news about African business, infrastructure development and investment, including emerging market essentials, trade and development, economic insights, SADC, ECOWAS and EAC region reports.
Far more help is needed as aid agencies estimate that more than a million people from Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been displaced by the cyclone.
Botswana’s ruling party is in the midst of its worst crisis since taking power in 1966 as a leadership battle rages ahead of an elective congress next month.
Wholesale banking in Africa is lagging in terms of innovation and is at risk of being disrupted by other industries if the sector does not become innovative – soon.
Neville Mandimika, an economist and fixed income analyst at Rand Merchant Bank, speaks about the key risks that the continent faces in the year to come.
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube went on a charm offensive to the United States but returned empty-handed.
Zimbabwe hired US lobbyists linked to President Donald Trump’s 2016 election race in a bid to have sanctions it says are hindering its economy scrapped.
The fallout from Mozambique’s loan default scandal continues to spiral out of control as the country tries desperately to restructure its debt.
Enterprise software giant SAP finds itself, once again, caught up in a graft scandal on the African continent – this time in Kenya and Tanzania.
Almost two decades of profligate monetary policy has destroyed Zimbabwe’s economy and fuelled rampant inflation, decimating the savings of its people twice.
Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari was declared the winner Wednesday after beating his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, by a margin of 56% to 41%.