Widespread scepticism greeted Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah’s announcement at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan on 12 May that three years of military dictatorship will come to...

The average yield on Angola’s dollar bonds has soared above 13.5% in recent weeks, prompting Finance Minister Vera Daves de Sousa to shelve plans to test the...

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has ruled out any new tax rises in his budget plan for 2025/26, arguing that greater efficiency in revenue collection will be sufficient.

Facing public opposition to General Assimi Goïta’s plans to stay in power until 2030, his military junta has suspended all political activities across the country ahead of protests...

The US Trump administration plans to slash US$555 million in support for the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) soft-loan affiliate will leave a hefty funding gap for the new...

Under the terms of a peace process agreed with the United States, the governments of Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda are due to submit separate draft peace agreements ahead of...

Goldman Sachs has positioned itself as the trade whisperer to United States President Donald J Trump, holding talks with several African leaders, including South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Vedanta Resources, the mining and energy company controlled by Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal, is considering listing its Zambian copper unit to raise the finance it promised to invest...

The latest compromise on rates for value added tax in the much-delayed budget has kept the Government of National Unity in power – but at the expense of...

Kenya will overtake Ethiopia as East Africa’s largest economy this year, the IMF has said. Kenya’s gross domestic product will be US$132 billion in 2025, compared to Ethiopia’s...