Ghana’s cedi is expected to weaken against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while the currencies of Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia are expected to be broadly unchanged, traders said. KENYA ...

South African bank notes featuring an image of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at an office in ...

South Africa’s rand was little moved on Wednesday, despite the country’s highest inflation reading for 10 months, as ...

Rwanda’s central bank raised its key repo rate by 25 basis points on Thursday due to accelerating inflation that increases risks to the economic outlook, Governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye said. The bank ...

Gift Usen cannot wait to have her hand. Born 25 years ago in Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria, she has navigated through her life with only one fully developed hand. “I grew up to see myself with one and a ...

Uganda has entered an agreement with the United States to take in nationals from third countries who may not get asylum in the U.S. but are reluctant to return to their countries of origin, the ...

South African miner Exxaro Resources is considering boosting shareholder returns once it completes a deal announced in May to buy manganese assets as it will no longer require a big cash buffer to ...

Shoppers at Checkers supermarkets in South Africa could soon be cruising the aisles with “smart” trolleys that let them know how much money they are spending and include in-built payment terminals, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently invoked his success at resolving international conflicts, casting himself as a global peacemaker while his aides and some foreign leaders push for him to ...

The following scheduled company announcements, equity and currency market moves may affect South African markets on Thursday. COMPANIES S.Africa’s Exxaro half-year profit up 13%, boosts dividend SOUTH ...

Federal Reserve officials worried at their July meeting about the state of the labor market and inflation, though most agreed that it was too soon to lower interest rates, minutes released Wednesday ...

Kenya’s economic growth this year is expected to exceed official forecasts despite higher U.S. tariffs and other challenges, ...