Ghana: Country’s economy fell by 3% due to Covid 19
It is a sad first in 37 years: Ghana’s economy fell by 3% in the second quarter of 2020, hard hit by the restrictive measures […]
Finance
AfDB: Akinwumi Adesina reelected president of the bank for five more years
The shareholders of the African Development Bank unanimously re-elected Akinwumi Adesina. The affair of the internal whistleblowers has therefore left no trace. Adesina therefore reappointed […]
Mali: the financial component of ECOWAS sanctions against the military junta
During the video-conference of West African Heads of State (ECOWAS) on Thursday, August 20, the sub-regional organization announced that it would break “financial and trade […]
African Development Bank holds its annual General Assembly
This had never happened in the history of the African Development Bank since its creation in 1964. For the first time, the main financing institution […]
CAR: Controversial increase in the price of ID cards
The issue of identity documents continues to make noise in the Central African Republic, in particular because of an inter-ministerial order dated 6 May, which […]
Benin classified as a middle-income country
Benin, considered so far a low-income country, has been upgraded by the World Bank, since July 1, to the category of middle-income countries such as […]
Zimbabwe: stock exchange reopens after a one-month hiatus
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange reopens on Monday, August 3. It had been closed since the end of June due to speculation allegedly harmful to the […]
Morocco’s King Calls for Social Welfare Coverage to all Moroccans
King Mohammed VI has called on the government and the social actors to act quickly for the expansion of social welfare system to include all […]
South Africa: IMF Provides $4.3 Billion in Emergency Assistance to fight Covid-19
The IMF announced this week that it approved $4.7 billion (€3.7 billion) in emergency assistance in response to Covid-19 to South Africa. The country had […]
Sudan: US sanctions Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin
The US treasury has decreed sanctions against several Russian officials and entities linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close associate of Vladimir Putin, who has already […]