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FMary Njoki, organizer, Africa Digital Finance Summit seen here with Khurram Shroff, Chairman IBC GroupImage Credit: Supplied Africa Digital Finance Summit’s inaugural event themed “Decentralized...

African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat congratulated Ngozi Okonjo after the confirmation. • Ngozi Okonjo is now responsible for supervising and directing the...

The Senate has finally reacted to the menace of criminal herdsmen, with the upper legislative chamber mandating President Muhammadu Buhari to issue an executive order....

Sérgio Pimenta is the Vice President for the Middle East and Africa at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He praises the resilience of Africa’s financial...

Jamaica is running low on ganja. Farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica’s...

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), only 3 countries out of Africa’s 54 counties have made a commitment to pay for the COVAX Vaccination...

US President-elect Joe Biden is to appoint experienced ambassador Samantha Power as head of development agency USAID in a potential boost to its capabilities in...

Nearly two years after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw a peaceful transfer of power to President Félix Tshisekedi following a nevertheless flawed...

The African American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) is welcoming new leadership to their team. In December 2020, the organization announced the appointment of Regina A. Hairston as the new...

The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) is a potential game changer for the world’s poorest region. The pact — signed by 44 of the...

China and Africa relations should build on ending poverty levels as Africa still faces major poverty challenges, Rwandan economist Donald Kaberuka told Xinhua in an...

Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday, ending a four-day losing streak, as traders weighed a bearish price outlook from the IEA and a lowered US...

Ghana’s fastest growing telecommunications company, Airtel Ghana has entered a strategic partnership with First Atlantic Bank Limited, to provide unparalleled telecommunications and banking services that...

Kakira Sugar Works joint managing director Mayur Madhvani speaks to Daily Monitor in an interview last week. PHOTO BY DENIS EDEMA  Plans to export sugar...

* MTN in talks with NCC to reduce fine – source * MTN was still in talks with NCC when deadline passed – source *...

Agaseke has been bought by Bank of Africa and rebranded to Bank of Africa Rwanda. (Net) Bankof Africa Group S.A, a continental financial institution, has...

Waldo Swiegers | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man holds Zambian 50 kwacha banknotes in Lusaka on Oct. 8, 2015. As Zambia’s currency has swooned...

THE lending unit of African Bank Investments Limited (Abil), which collapsed in August last year, said it is no longer buying insurer Standard & General...

Proceeds from Nigeria’s oil receipts fell by two-thirds between September 2014 and July this year, the state oil company in Africa’s top crude producer said...