CAPE-TOWN – South African financial services group Sanlam announced today that it had opened its prestigious financial journalism awards to reporters across Africa for the first...
ROME – World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2 500 million tonnes, including rice in milled terms, according to new FAO estimates....
NEW YORK — Gold extended its earlier losses on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. economic data bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve would throttle back its stimulus....
LONDON – The euro pushed higher Thursday as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi indicated that further monetary easing measures aren’t imminent. At its monthly policy...
DETROIT — Honda Motor Co., hoping to bounce back from a weak showing in November, is now offering dealers significant cash incentives to pump up new-car...
LAGOS – Oando PLC has broken ground on the proposed site for its new head office along Ozumba Mbadiwe Drive in Victoria Island, Lagos. Dubbed “The...
LAGOS – The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) says it plans to ban directors and controlling shareholders from voting in transactions, such as takeovers to protect minority...
PARIS – Schneider Electric announces that two projects in its BipBop (1) access to energy program have been chosen to participate in the “Africa Forum –...
LAGOS – The Nigeria Custom Service has decided to hold importers for any questionable imports as against the arrest of Customs agents. Freight forwarders made in...
OTTAWA – Following ongoing reports of violence in the Central African Republic, including a United Nations report today of an attack on civilians near the capital...