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Gold has been predicted to keep rising in 2026. Pictured: Gold mining in South Africa

Gold expected to continue rising in 2026

Energy security takes centre stage as global coal demand hits record high in 2025 (Image source: © Future Coal

Coal remains essential to keeping the lights on and economic development

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Afreximbank launches African Trade Report 2025

Afreximbank launches African Trade Report 2025

27 Jun 2025

Source: © Anglo American Kumba Anglo American has had a strong start to the financial year with copper and iron ore the star performers for the first quarter ended 31 March 2025

Copper and iron ore give Anglo American a strong start to the year

24 Apr 2025

Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

23 Oct 2024

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

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Japan slides into recession

15 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Dollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

Rae Wee 2 Aug 2023

File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

Humphrey Malalo and Hereward Holland 28 Jul 2023

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

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These are the most in demand finance jobs in the world right now, research shows

31 Jan 2023

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

Irene Lauro 23 Nov 2022

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Liz Truss resigns

20 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist.

IMF World Economic Outlook projects 25% probability global growth could fall below 2%

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas 11 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.

New York still top, Moscow sinks in finance centre ranking

Huw Jones 22 Sep 2022

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Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

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US and Kenya sign strategic trade and investment partnership

Virusha Subban 29 Jul 2022

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Uncertainty ahead: The state of African consumer sentiment

15 Jun 2022

Workers of a local factory begin the production of personal protective gear for local frontline health workers as commissioned by the government, during the partial lockdown in Accra to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Accra, Ghana, 10 April 2020. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

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Outlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2022

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South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Tomas Griger

Covid-19 leads to rising global debt

13 Oct 2021

Source ©Dmitrijs Kaminskis

Africa's GBS sector on the rise

2 Sep 2021

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa

Top 3 risks to businesses in 2021

Thusang Mahlangu 25 Jun 2021

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Eugene Yiga 14 Jun 2021

Workers in a tea plantation in Rwanda. The crop is one of the country's main exports

Africa's free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

John Luiz 27 May 2021

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Shift Impact Africa 17 May 2021

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