Business & Economy
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Africa’s mobile money taxes risk driving poor out of digital economy
GHANAIAN grocery store owner Comfort Ankrah has had to rethink how she does business since the government put a tax…
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Fully black-owned HempVest Africa goes commercial
HEMPVEST Africa is one of the first South African companies to receive an official commercial hemp permit from the Department…
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African Union head to push Russia, Ukraine to unblock grain exports
SENEGAL’S President and African Union Chairman Macky Sall said on Wednesday that when he visits Russia and Ukraine in the…
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Africa’s 2021 economic rebound impacted by lingering Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war
AFRICA’S gross domestic product has recovered strongly in the last year, but the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s…
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AfCFTA presents Africa with opportunity for growth, prosperity: Tanzanian president
THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) presents Africa with the biggest opportunity for growth and prosperity, Tanzanian President Samia…
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Election spending is aggravating Nigeria’s inflation, says economist
THE economist who most accurately predicted the Nigerian central bank’s blockbuster 1.5 percentage point interest rate hike on Tuesday says…
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‘Made in Cote d’Ivoire’ chocolatier puts women at centre of his cocoa revolution
COTE d’Ivoire’s premium chocolate maker Axel Emmanuel Gbaou saw a major problem in the country’s cocoa industry – the farmers live in…
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AfDB kicks off annual meetings in Ghana
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) opened its 2022 annual meetings in the Ghanaian capital, Accra on Tuesday with top African…
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Museveni blames foreign powers for high cost of living
FOR the past six months Ugandans have been forced to spend twice as much to afford necessities like fuel and…
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Central African Republic to launch bitcoin investment platform
CENTRAL African Republic will launch the continent’s first legal cryptocurrency investment hub, the presidency said, extending the impoverished country’s embrace…
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