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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

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

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

By Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 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

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 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

Source: Reuters.

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

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jul 2022

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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

Marketing & MediaStrong 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

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

7 Aug 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

FinanceZimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

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FinanceJapan slides into recession

15 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

FinanceDollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

Rae Wee 2 Aug 2023

AfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

AgricultureAfDB proposes 'fast-track' compensation for Zim's White ex-farmers

Nyasha Chingono 15 May 2023

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

Energy & MiningOil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

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

FinanceThese 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?

ESG & SustainabilityCOP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

Irene Lauro 23 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

FinanceLiz Truss resigns

20 Oct 2022

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

FinanceIMF 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.

FinanceNew York still top, Moscow sinks in finance centre ranking

Huw Jones 22 Sep 2022

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RetailHelping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Zimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

FinanceZimbabwe to introduce gold coins as local currency tumbles

Nyasha Chingono 5 Jul 2022

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RetailUncertainty ahead: The state of African consumer sentiment

15 Jun 2022

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

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

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Outlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

FinanceOutlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

FinanceSouth Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

HealthcareMedtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Francesco Remolo

FinanceSSA: Low vaccination rates & complex policy environment impacts economy

22 Oct 2021

Source: ©Olga Yastremska

Energy & MiningNamdeb extends life of mine to 2042

15 Oct 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

HealthcareSA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Tomas Griger

FinanceCovid-19 leads to rising global debt

13 Oct 2021

Source: © sedatseven

FinanceSA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

Source ©Dmitrijs Kaminskis

FinanceAfrica's GBS sector on the rise

2 Sep 2021

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

FinanceTop 3 risks to businesses in 2021

Thusang Mahlangu 25 Jun 2021

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

FinanceCryptocurrency 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

FinanceAfrica'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

Marketing & MediaRegister now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Shift Impact Africa 17 May 2021

Trucks loaded with goods had been waiting for weeks to cross the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana borders at Elubo/Noe. © Franck Kuwonu/Africa Renewal

FinanceAfricans urged to trade more with each other

7 May 2021

Bobby Madhav, FNB head of trade and structured trade and commodity finance

FinanceAfCFTA offers massive economic opportunities, but there is still much work to be done

Bobby Madhav 22 Apr 2021

Rovuma LNG project

Energy & MiningLNG production in Mozambique and the political risk of Islamic militancy

Theo Neethling 30 Mar 2021

This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s budget. Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images

FinanceThe basis of South Africa's annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here's why, and how

Matthew Kofi Ocran 23 Feb 2021

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa meets his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in 2018. EPA-EFE/Lintao Zhang / POOL

FinancePresident Mnangagwa claimed Zimbabwe was open for business. What's gone wrong

Henning Melber & Roger Southall 1 Feb 2021

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

FinanceAfrica can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

Energy & MiningEnergy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

NJ Ayuk 4 Nov 2020

Zuneid Yousuf

FinanceCovid-19 and AfCFTA: why now is the time to maintain momentum despite the global pandemic

Zuneid Yousuf 15 Oct 2020

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u

FinanceBusiness as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

Njuguna Ndung'u 28 Sep 2020

Africa is open for business

FinanceAfrica is open for business

15 Sep 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

FinanceReview of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020