ACCRA — The West African nation of Ghana raised interest rates on Thursday on top of tough new foreign-exchange controls, the latest emerging market economy to...
NAIROBI – Sub-Saharan Africa attracted 1.6 billion dollars private equity investment in 2013. This is the highest in five years, with the East Africa region experiencing...
LAGOS – The Debts Management Office ((DMO) says it will sell N90 billion Federal Government bonds on Feb. 12 The DMO said this in its “February...
LONDON – World stocks edged up from this week’s four-month lows in cautious trade ahead of a euro zone monetary policy decision later on Thursday, supported...
LAGOS – Unilever Nigeria Plc, under a new Ghanaian CEO, Yaw Nsarkoh has set a target of N300 million daily business turnover for its trade partners...
LONDON – Millions of Londoners were caught up in commuting chaos on Wednesday, as Underground workers began the first in a series of strikes that Prime...
LONDON – Ukraine’s currency slumped to its lowest level in roughly five years Wednesday, adding to pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych as he navigates between Russia...
NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures pared some losses, after data showing private-sector jobs growth were just shy of expectations. About 70 minutes ahead of the...
LONDON – Upbeat economic data helped European shares break a three-day run of losses on Wednesday, offsetting some unconvincing company earnings and jitters about emerging markets....
LAGOS – Naira yesterday eased against the US dollar losing 0.2 percent or N0.30k at the Nigerian Interbank Foreign Exchange (NIFEX) market, defying the Central Bank...
