Pension Funds will not be Included in Ghana’s Domestic Debt Restructuring.
According to a letter signed by the finance and labor ministers, as well as an alliance of trade unions, Ghana…
IMF Advocates for Stricter Crypto Legislation.
The International Monetary Fund has advocated for tighter regulation of crypto markets in Africa in light of the…
Shell will Pay 15 million Euros to Resolve the Nigerian Oil Disasters.
Shell (SHEL.L) will pay 15 million euros ($15. 9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple…
Nigeria: SEC Begins Annual Registration of Market Operators.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria's top capital market regulator, has announced the beginning of an…
World Bank Grants $311 million for West Africa’s Renewable Energy.
The World Bank has granted $311 million in International Development Association financing to improve West…
Nigeria Failed to Reduce Poverty in 2022, According to W’Bank
The World Bank Group has said that the estimated per capita income growth of 0. 7 per cent for Nigeria and the…
The UK Economy Slumped more than Initially Estimated.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), business investment performed worse than anticipated,…
Yen is in Demand as Dollar Declines and Risk Sentiment Increases.
Due to the risk-on environment, the U.S. Dollar declined, but the Japanese yen was still in demand following the…
Kenya: Major Income Losses Affect 50% of Border Populations.
The ability of more than half of those residing near the Kenyan border and in other African countries to meet…
Kenya’s Producer Inflation Hits Highest Points Since 2019.
The Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the cost of manufacturing, reached 16.53 percent in June before…
Tesla to Freeze Hiring and Lay Off Employees First Quarter of 2023.
There will be further layoffs at electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in the upcoming quarter.…
Tanzania: NBC Bond Trades at DSE Following a Successful Sale.
The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) bond, which was recently completed, is now open to investors through the Dar…
Ghana’s Economy Grows Slowly in the Third Quarter.
According to preliminary data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), the economy grew 2. 9% less slowly between…
Kenya Campaigns for an Import Ban on Radioactive Waste.
In accordance with a continental agreement to prevent Africa's borders from becoming a dumping ground for foreign…
Kenya: Treasury Announces a New Plan for Sh110 billion in Syndicated Loans.
According to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, Kenya will take out syndicated loans totalling Sh110. 7…
Uganda and IMF Agree to a $240 million Funding Deal.
Uganda and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have established a staff-level agreement for the delivery of…
CBN Says Emefiele will be Unable to Honour Reps Invitation, has Health Challenges.
Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will not be able to testify before the House…
Nigeria: Lagos Completes Infrastructure Work on the Blue Rail Line, Making…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu officially boarded the coach of the recently finished Lagos Blue Line and…
Wells Fargo was Ordered to Compensate Customers $3.7 billion for Improper…
The largest-ever civil fine levied by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was levied against Wells Fargo…
Russian Gold was Taken Out of Several Western Funds.
Russian gold worth billions of dollars have secretly changed hands in high-security bank vaults in London, Zurich,…
Nigeria Generates N625.4 billion in VAT from the Manufacturing Sector in Q3 2022.
In the third quarter of 2022, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) collected N625. 39 billion in value-added…
Ghana’s Third-quarter Growth Dips to 2.9%
According to the statistics office, Ghana's third quarter economic growth dropped to 2. 9% year over year from 6.…
Flight Difficulties are Looming as the Shortage of Aviation Fuel Grows.
Domestic airlines operating under the auspices of the Airline Operators of Nigeria have alerted Nigerians to…
Foreign Portfolio Investments in the Stock Market Reach Over 9-Year Low at 16.67%
Foreign portfolio investments in the Nigerian stock market decreased to 16.67% in the first 11 months of 2022, the…
Nigeria’s Imports of Wheat Decrease as Business with Russia Drastically…
In the first nine months of 2022, Nigeria imported durum wheat worth N753.6 billion, a 16.1% decrease from the…
Nigeria: Bayelsa Receives N90 billion in Oil Revenue from Surplus Crude Accounts.
The Bayelsa State Government confirmed that as of October 2022, it will receive N90 billion from the Federal…
Nigeria: FEC Grants N386.75 billion to the Ministries of Power, Works and…
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a total of N386.75bn for various projects in the federal…
Revealed Deadline for Capital Market Participants’ Registration Renewal.
All capital market operators must complete the annual renewal of their registrations by January 31, 2023,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria Raises Withdrawal Thresholds to Combat Cash Flow.
In an effort to reduce the use of cash, Nigeria's central bank significantly raised the weekly withdrawal caps it…
NIMASA Attributes Rising Food Costs in Nigeria to Ship Insurance Issues.
The high cost of food in the nation has been attributed by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency…