Currency swap agreements offer Nigeria a viable mechanism to mitigate foreign exchange pressures, ensure balance of payments, ...

South Africa's inflation rose to 3% in December 2024 from 2.9% in November, falling short of the 3.2% expected by economists, according to Statistics South Africa. The slower-than-anticipated increase ...

A last minute agreement between Silulumanzi and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has averted a strike scheduled for3.

The price of medical insurance has increased by 43% since December 2019, according to the Stats SA figures. Dentists ...

South Africa's headline inflation increased to 3% year-on-year in December 2024, slightly above expectations, with a minimal monthly rise of 0.1%. This brought the overall inflation rate for 2024 to 4 ...

While the world worries about what a Trump presidency may bring, investment specialists say president Cyril Ramaphosa needs ...

International agricultural food prices lifted by a hefty 6. 4% month-on-month in December, with domestic food prices ...

Nigeria's central bank expects the economy to expand by 4.17% this year, Governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Thursday, driven by ...

PwC said it was expecting the South African Reserve Bank to reduce interest rates by another 50 basis points during first ...

Auditing and consultation firm PwC has warned South African households to expect a trifecta of price increases this year, with the first blow coming soon. In the group’s first Economic Outlook report ...

Only 39% of African businesses use African currencies to finance their cross- border deals, a big fall from the 69% re- corded in 2022 ...

Low consumer inflation may generally signal a less challenging environment for cost containment, but the construction sector ...