Over the past five months, three formerly high-inflation economies — Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — have returned to ...

Record gold prices, easing inflation in parts of the continent, firmer currencies and aggressive bank expansion are reshaping ...

Soaring gold prices have sent African nations that produce the precious metal scrambling to capitalize on the surge. But can they adjust quickly enough?

The strength of a country’s currency often tells a deeper story about its economy. Beyond exchange rates, strong currencies ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. He stated: "With a single currency, intra-African trade would become more efficient ...

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform to boost commerce across borders in the ...

Africa is a vast continent with a rich cultural heritage, abundant natural resources and a vibrant, youthful population. Despite these strengths, the economies of most African countries are still ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The launch was announced on the sidelines of the 2025 Afreximbank ...

Find out the 10 worst-performing currencies in Africa in January 2025. Zambia's kwacha leads the decline, with a 12% YTD loss ...

For more than a decade, the idea of a truly integrated African market has hovered somewhere between political aspiration and economic inevitability. With the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Sir: For many African traveller’s, exploring the continent should be exciting, but the frustration of currency exchange turns it into a costly and inconvenient experience. Take a Lagos-based tourist ...