Ease of doing business in SA cities on the mend: Report
A newly released World Bank report has highlighted that not one South African city made progress in
Zimbabwe finance minister wants to clear World Bank arrears
Zimbabwe’s new Finance Minister said on Monday he would accelerate the country’s plan to pay arrears
World Bank to give Ethiopia $1 bln in budget help
The World Bank will provide$1 billion in direct budget support to Ethiopia in the next few months,
How to ensure communities living near mining activities get a better deal
The South African government and the Chamber of Mines are in the process of formulating a new Mining
Gordhan determined to rid SOEs of corruption
Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan, has expressed confidence that the country will begin to
Gordhan talks efforts to rehabilitate SOEs
Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan says radical surgery is required to ensure that Eskom’s
IMF warns against the ‘explosion of crypto-currencies’
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the explosion of
Nene leads SA delegation at IMF, World Bank meetings
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is leading the South African delegation to the bi-annual meetings of
SA economy slowly improving
The South African economy is improving but its recovery remains below that of other emerging
SA one of most unequal countries globally: Report
Consumption expenditure data show that South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the
Traditional universities are on the way out: online is the future for Africa
Education has two faces in today’s world, according to a recent World Bank report.
Zimbabweans hope the economy will pick up
As a new reality dawns on Zimbabwe, many are hoping the economy and investment will now begin to
Clean cooking push suffers from “shocking” lack of funding
Funding to boost the numbers of people with access to electric power and clean cooking is too low to
Angola votes for new leader in 38 years
Angolans headed to the polls on Wednesday in a parliamentary election expected to usher in the
Mugabe donates $1 million to African Union
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Monday he was donating $1 million to the African Union
Zimbabwe’s economy to grow faster in 2017
Zimbabwe’s economy will grow four times faster in 2017 than in 2016.
IMF holds talks with Zambia over possible aid programme
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it held talks with Zambian authorities over the
World Bank pledges $60 mln to help fill Gambia’s empty coffers
The World Bank’s Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, said on Saturday he had agreed to give
Nigeria aims to present reform plan in February
Nigeria wants to borrow at least $1 billion from the World Bank to help haul it out of recession and
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,