Zimbabwe's central bank has printed half of the 'bond notes' quasi-currency it intends to issue under a $200 million scheme, a state newspaper reported on Friday, as the country grapples with a biting shortage of U.S. dollars.
The world’s largest chocolate makers, including Nestlé, Mars and Mondelez have agreed to co-operate in ending deforestation in key cocoa growing areas, starting with the Ivory Coast and Ghana.
The Kenyan unit of U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has increased its fare by 20 percent, a move that follows protests and strikes by Uber drivers who said a lower fare made their service uneconomical.
Nigerian banks have opposed a proposal by Etisalat Nigeria to convert part of a $1.2 billion loan from dollars into naira and want Abu Dhabi telecoms group Etisalat and its other shareholders to recapitalise it instead, a source said.
At a popular Charismatic Church service in Accra, the capital of the West African nation Ghana, hundreds of worshipers gathered to pray. It’s a regular ritual as they seek spiritual solutions to their problems.
A court in Nigeria has directed that the country's Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control should ensure that the Nigeria Bottling Company Plc warns consumers in the country against taking soft drinks with Vitamin C.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
