Botswana: GDP Growth Estimated at 4.4% for Next 6 Years
Botswana’s National Development Plan presented to Parliament on Wednesday indicated that the southern African nation’s economy will grow by an average of 4.4 percent annually […]
Finance
Morocco, 3rd Business-Friendly Country in Africa, Doing Business 2017 Report
The World Bank Tuesday hailed Morocco, in its 2017 Doing Business report, for the reforms conducive to investment it initiated, ranking the Kingdom third in […]
Zimbabwe Targets 4.8% GDP Growth in 2017
Zimbabwe’s economy is projected to rebound from 1.2 percent growth to 4.8 percent next year, driven by a cocktail of reforms, improved agriculture production and […]
Tunisia: UGTT Warns against “Diktat” Financial 2017 Draft
The civil service grouping linked to the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has signaled its “readiness to begin a general strike in various sectors […]
Malawi’s President Returns Home after Month-Long Absence
Malawian President Peter Mutharika returned home on Sunday after an unexplained trip to the United States that lasted several weeks, sparking a lot of rumors […]
Ecobank Gets $310 mln Loan from AfDB
The African Development Bank (AFDB) has approved a $310 million trade finance loan for Ecobank Transnational incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, Africanews reported […]
Tanzania Gets $259 mln Funding for Power Grid
The African Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency have granted $258.82 million to Tanzanian government for a high voltage electricity line to connect […]
Nigeria Forecasts Economy will Shrink 1.3% in 2016
Nigeria’s economy is likely to shrink 1.3 percent in 2016, the Head of the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. The NBS had predicted […]
Mauritius is SSA’ Most Competitive Economy – WEF
‘The Global Competitiveness Index,’ released this weekend by the World Economic Forum (WEF) shows Mauritius as sub-Saharan Africa’s most competitive economy. According to WEF, the […]
Nigeria is Africa’s Biggest Economy – AfDB Boss
The president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina said Monday during an official visit in Abuja that Nigeria is still Africa’s largest […]