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Kenya's President William Ruto speaks at a press conference after police officers shot protesters demonstrating against Kenya's proposed finance bill 2024/2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, 25 June 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya parliament passes proposed 2025 finance lawGeorge Obulutsa

Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

3 Jun 2025

Source: © LinkedIn In March, the gold sector recorded the highest average increase in input cost inflation, although benefiting from strong market prices - with gold averaging $2,986/oz

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Africa is open for business

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Tijsbert Creemers, managing director and partner, Boston Consulting Group

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#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace

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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

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

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Muazu Ibrahim 3 Aug 2020

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

Why African countries are reluctant to take up Covid-19 debt relief

Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

29 Jul 2020

East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success.

What drove Asia's economic success stories, and what should Africa emulate?

Mills Soko 27 Jul 2020

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Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

Richard Neal, MD, Sovereign Trust

SA businesses look offshore to ease Covid-19 pain

Richard Neal 21 Jul 2020

Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder. CGIAR/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

Independence is at the heart of the African Development Bank's ability to be effective

Kalu Ojah 13 Jul 2020

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

Africa’s dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19. Getty Images

How a post-Covid-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area

Faizel Ismail 27 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Clement Chinaka

Slow Covid-19 economic recovery compels African companies to adapt

Clement Chinaka 21 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Paxful launches #BuiltWithBitcoin Africa Fund in lockdown

#LockdownLessons: Paxful launches #BuiltWithBitcoin Africa Fund in lockdown

Evan-Lee Courie 19 May 2020

A member of the Nigerian Health Task Force fumigates a building in Abuja, Nigeria, as the city struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus. COVID-19 Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

Steps to inoculate African economies against the impact of coronavirus

Chuku Chuku 15 May 2020

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Vultures, doves and African debt: here's a way out

Danny Bradlow 7 May 2020

The street market at Mont-Bouët in Libreville, Gabon. The country was one of 10 on the continent downgraded this year. Getty Images

Why downgrading countries in a time of crisis is an exceptionally bad idea

Misheck Mutize 4 May 2020

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

How Mauritius' outward-focused economy survived previous shocks

Harshana Kasseeah 29 Apr 2020

Covid-19 and its impact on loans and real estate arrangements

Covid-19 and its impact on loans and real estate arrangements

Loice Erambo 29 Apr 2020

Africa Shared Value Leadership eSummit - Economic survival in a post-pandemic world

Africa Shared Value Leadership eSummit - Economic survival in a post-pandemic world

Shift Impact Africa 28 Apr 2020

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Not taking lockdown lying down: A 360 industry overview

Bizcommunity.com 21 Apr 2020

Cloud technology can significantly reduce banking costs in Africa

Cloud technology can significantly reduce banking costs in Africa

21 Apr 2020

Mauritius’ social welfare system is relatively stronger than most nations’ Getty Images

Mauritius heads into coronavirus storm with strong social welfare buffers

Myriam Blin 20 Apr 2020

10 ways to stay connected on Biz during lockdown

10 ways to stay connected on Biz during lockdown

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The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

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It’s time the EU turned its rhetoric about Africa into more tangible action. epa

Europe and African relations post Covid-19: time to add size, scale and speed

Carlos Lopes 1 Apr 2020