Impact

The International Monetary Fund plans to send a staff team to Uganda in September to resume negotiations on a new […]

Nigeria is moving to implement a government-led initiative aimed at expanding women’s access to digital skills, employment and financial opportunities, […]

Egypt has completed a trial of mobile services using the 6GHz spectrum band, the telecommunications regulator said, as the country […]

In this interview with Impact Newswire, Maksym Sakharov, Co-Founder and Group CEO of WeFi discusses the growing role of stablecoins […]

BHP’s copper business has overtaken iron ore as the mining giant’s biggest source of earnings for the first full financial […]

The global cobalt market is expected to move into deficit this year as export restrictions in the Democratic Republic of […]

Kenya’s underground alcohol market has ballooned into a $1.57 billion shadow economy that now accounts for 60 percent of all […]

On the edge of the Indian Ocean, a Greek multinational is pitching one of the more unconventional infrastructure projects to […]

Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s board has approved a $500 million sustainable bond programme for East Africa, as the pan-African lender seeks […]

Illegal gold mining in Ghana’s Greater Cape Three Points Forest Reserve is damaging protected forest and sending polluted sediment and […]

Nigeria’s mining minister has warned illegal operators against working abandoned mine pits without licences after seven miners were killed in […]

Six African countries are backing calls for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining, adding weight to efforts to […]

Kenya has the world’s highest reported monthly use of artificial intelligence among online adults, but the country’s heavy use of […]

Nigeria is considering changes to its crude oil allocation and pricing rules to improve access to feedstock for domestic refineries, […]

Nigeria is pushing to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, but unreliable electricity supply and limited charging infrastructure are threatening to slow […]

Ghana has ended a financing arrangement under which the Bank of Ghana funded the purchase of locally produced gold through […]

Uganda’s central bank kept its key lending rate unchanged at 9.75%, extending its cautious monetary policy stance as policymakers assess […]

Ghanaian cocoa farmers are opposing a new law that would restrict how they can use their farmland, arguing that some […]

Standard Bank reported a 10% increase in first-half headline earnings to $1.62 billion, supported by stronger fee and trading income […]

Nigeria’s crude oil production fell 4% in July to an average of 1.505 million barrels per day, as disruptions at […]

South African retailer Shoprite Holdings expects its annual headline earnings to increase by as much as 14.7%, supported by steady […]