Category : STOCK MARKET

By : Kip Keen  Bulk carrier charts course into sunset. (Image: Mikhail Chizhevsky) The repercussions of plowing iron ore into an oversupplied market were in plain...

By Emele Onu The world’s biggest stock-market rout this year is hindering initial public offerings in Nigeria, where a slumping oil price is pushing the...

Islamist violence and the spread of Ebola are serious new threats to Africa and its economy. Slow growth among Africa’s top trade and investment partners...

* MTN and Ericsson to champion e-waste awareness and collection initiative leveraging Ericsson’s global Ecology Management Product Take-Back Program * Ericsson’s Program covers the collection,...

Tigo Ghana has revealed a partnership with Ericsson in order to provide quality network service delivery and maintenance. According to Tigo Ghana, Ericsson will manage...

Microsoft Nigeria has given out 12 Ford Figo’s to winners of their #MakeitHappen campaign that recently finished over the holidays. The Make it Happen campaign has...

Oil prices slid in early Asian trade on Wednesday after touching their lowest in nearly six years the previous session, with analysts predicting further falls...

Daily life in Monrovia, Liberia, where, along with Sierra Leone, The World Bank says the socio-economic impacts of Ebola are far-reaching and persistent. Photo: World...

  Oil prices fell on Friday with analysts predicting further pressure on the market owing to a glut of global supplies and weak demand. Markets...

MOTORISTS filling up at petrol stations on Wednesday would have enjoyed the latest price cut of up to R1.27/l. And there is more to come,...

African Market Indexes 6-Jan-15 Last Change BSE DCI Index 9501.60 0.00 BSE FCI Index 1575.52 -2.09 CASA Madex Index 7857.28 0.00 CASA Masi Index 9643.19...

ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS) has announced a partnership with GTBank through the expansion of its operations in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. Nicole Cassandra Naidoo ICSFS...

  The UAE and Egypt appear the most attractive among major Middle Eastern stock markets in an era of low oil prices, the latest Reuters...

Egypt’s stock market shares rose on Tuesday, though gains were trimmed by local and Arab investors’ sell-offs. The shares ended with gains totatlling 349 million...

South Africa’s rand was steady against the dollar early on Tuesday, remaining in a narrow range ahead of November trade data due later in the...

Oil is trading at above $6o per barrel. Oil traded above $60 a barrel amid concern about Libyan supply after government forces struck Islamist militias close...

African Market Indexes 26-Dec-14 Last Change BSE DCI Index 9510.80 0.53 BSE FCI Index 1578.16 0.00 CASA Madex Index 7848.56 23.47 CASA Masi Index 9622.06...

MUKONO, Uganda–On a sprawling, lush cocoa plantation in Mukono outside the Ugandan capital Kampala, farmers have been sampling chocolate for the first time ever. “When...

  Oil producer Ghana could struggle to pursue its plans to build schools, roads and hospitals if global oil prices fall further. Global oil price...