Equatorial Guinea’s President Appoints Son Vice-President
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang’ Nguema has promoted his first son Teodorin Nguema Obiang as the country’s vice-president, according to a decree read on Wednesday […]
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Botswana’s Economy to Return to Growth in 2016 – CB
Botswana’s economy will return to growth this year as water and electricity supply stabilizes, the central bank said on Monday. Consumer prices in the southern […]
Benin’s Talon Vows to Restore Cotton Fortunes
Benin’s president Patrice Talon has promised to turn the cotton fortunes of his country around by the end of his five-year term. Cotton is a […]
IMF Paints Gloomy Picture For Algerian Economy
The economic outlook in Algeria has deteriorated since 2014 due to the fall in oil prices, affecting fiscal and external balances, says the International monetary […]
Ghana’s Growth Perspective Positive – Central bank
The central Bank of Ghana on Tuesday said the west-African nation’s growth outlook is broadly positive. Ghana’s economy expanded 3.9 percent last year, about the […]
Kenya’s Economy Grew by 5.6% in 2015
Kenya’s economy grew by 5.6 percent in 2015 up from 5.3 recorded in 2014, the statistics office said on Tuesday. Agriculture, which contributes nearly a […]
Malnutrition Gnaws in Zimbabwe as Drought Wipes out Crops
The threat of hunger is running high in Zimbabwe, as the country experiences the worst drought in southern Africa in two decades. In a recent […]
Algeria GDP Growth Stood at 3.9% in 2015
Algeria’s economy grew by 3.9 percent in 2015, up from a 3.8 percent the previous year, the government said on Monday. In 2015, the North […]
Botswana: Economy to Grow by 3.7 in 2016 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said Botswana’s economy is projected to grow by 3.7 percent this year after an estimated contraction of 0.3 […]
Congo has not renounced revising mining code, Ministry
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s largest source of cobalt and Africa’s biggest copper producer, has not dropped plans to revise its mining code, […]