Africa holds approximately 30% of the world’s critical mineral reserves, making the continent indispensable to green industrialisation and the global energy transition. However, beyond being a major ...

In September 2023, Nigeria was upbeat after Emirates Airlines agreed to resume direct flights to the country. This came after an 11-month hiatus, the root cause of which was an inability to repatriate ...

Sending money to Africa has become easier over the past decade, but the cost difference between services remains ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform to boost commerce across borders in the ...

Money, one of the earliest and most significant inventions of civilisation, is essential to the development of trade. In pre-colonial times African currencies included shells, ingots, gold, arrowheads ...

JOHANNESBURG/HARARE (Reuters) - Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small perfume business ...

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Africa’s financial systems are in the midst of a renaissance. Access to banking varies widely across the continent. According to 2021 World Bank data from 28 countries, only 34.5% of the population ...