Tunisia approves bill allowing central bank to finance treasury
Tunisian cabinet approved controversial bill allowing the central bank to finance treasury
Nigeria central bank pays nearly $2 billion towards FX backlog
Nigeria’s central bank has paid nearly $2 billion in outstanding foreign exchange
Zimbabwe’s president orders central bank to stop foreign currency borrowing
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the central bank to stop foreign currency
Uganda’s central bank weighs issuance of digital currency
Uganda’s central bank is considering whether to issue a digital currency and has not banned
Nigeria offers longer-term naira contracts to lure investors, shore up FX reserves
Nigeria’s central bank has introduced longer-term contracts on the naira in a move to attract more
Lebanon’s central bank urges quick solution to avoid future collapse
Lebanon’s central bank governor said on Monday a solution must be found in days to a crisis
Africa already converted into IMF’s gospel, Kenyan central banker says
Africa has embraced sound economic policies and even the political class has started to appreciate
Algeria’s Bouteflika to resign before mandate ends April 28
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends on April 28, state news
Sirleaf’s son arrested after probe at Liberia central bank
Two senior figures at Liberia’s Central Bank, one of whom is the son of former president Ellen
Liberian central bankers arrested after probe into missing millions
The son of Liberia’s former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was one of two central bank officials
Eurozone loan growth picks up in December
Lending to the private sector in the eurozone picked up pace in December, official data showed
MTN has paid $53 mln to settle Nigeria dispute -central bank
South Africa’s MTN has paid $53 million to settle a money transfer dispute with Nigeria’s central
China c.bank unveils targeted tool to spur lending to small firms
China’s central bank on Wednesday rolled out a targeted policy tool to spur lending to small and
Zimbabwe to let gold, platinum mines retain higher dollar earnings
Zimbabwe will allow gold and platinum mining companies to retain up to 55% of their earnings in
Trump says Fed ‘making a big mistake’ by being too aggressive
President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the US central bank on Thursday, saying it was “too
Liberia orders more than 30 ex-C Bank officials arrested over missing cash
Liberian court has issued arrest warrants for more than 30 former Central Bank officials in
Sudan names new central bank chief as inflation soars
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday named a former finance official as central bank governor,
IMF says Kenya’s external position is strong as standby deal expires
The International Monetary Fund considers that Kenya’s external position is strong, its
Fed chief says will do ‘whatever it takes’ for US economy
Avoiding any direct reference to President Donald Trump’s renewed criticism of the Federal Reserve’s…
Uganda growth to rise in 2017/18: World Bank
Uganda’s economy will expand by 5.2% in the fiscal year 2017/2018 after slipping to 5% in 2016/17,