Image Source Zimbabwe is set to introduce gold coins that will enable investors to store value within the country as inflation spirals out of control and the local currency continues Read More..
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Airline industry: Emirates capitalises on Dubai hub, Africa remains strategic
Image Source Growing demand on the continent and the decline of South African Airways are opening new opportunities for the Gulf carrier, which has restored its entire pre-Covid-19 African network. Read More..
Sierra Leone slashes ‘zeros of shame’ from banknotes
Image Source Sierra Leone on Friday introduced a new family of banknotes, stripping three zeros off the leone, in a bid to restore confidence in the inflation-hit national currency. The Read More..
Ghana to make U-turn and ask IMF for help for its economy
Image Source Ghana, one of West Africa’s largest economies, will hold formal talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a support package, the government has said, only days after Read More..
Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to family 61 years after his murder
Image Source Belgian authorities have returned a tooth of the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba to his children, in a new move towards recognition of atrocities that accompanied the Read More..
Glencore unit pleads guilty to bribery in Africa
Image Source A British subsidiary of Glencore (LON: GLEN) formally pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the seven charges of bribery brought against the mining and commodities trader by the UK Read More..