FOR decades, African governments have championed rural development, agricultural modernisation and industrialisation as the foundations of economic transformation. Yet despite countless policy frameworks, development blueprints and donor-supported pr...

The first group of Nigerians repatriated from South Africa following escalating anti-immigrant attacks were due to land in Lagos on Thursday, officials said. Anti-foreigner violence has convulsed South Africa for weeks as gangs armed with sticks, whi...

The World Bank on Thursday cut its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5% due to the war in the Middle East, and said growth could slow to just 1.3% if energy supply disruptions prove more severe and come with substantial stress in financial markets...

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has entered into a strategic partnership with INVESCI Asset Management aimed at strengthening the development of the Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Exchange (ZEEX), a newly approved digital capital market platform de...

HARARE – Zimbabwean clothing retailer Edgars Stores Limited delivered a strong first-quarter performance, signalling renewed momentum in its turnaround strategy as rising sales volumes and growing cash purchases helped the group strengthen its posi...

Harare- Zimbabwe has exported USD 847,129 worth of fresh avocados in April 2026, the highest April opening value in over six-years, and the second-highest single monthly value after June 2021’s USD 820,614. That comparison matters for the corre...

JOHANNESBURG/LAGOS – MTN Group is accelerating its transformation from a telecommunications operator into a major financial services player, positioning its fast-growing mobile money business to capture a larger share of Africa’s payments, lendin...

WINDHOEK – Namibia has reinforced its growing status as a strategic supplier of critical minerals after new exploration results from the Uis Project revealed extensive polymetallic mineralisation containing tin, lithium, tantalum, rubidium and caes...

LAGOS – Africa’s largest banking group, Standard Bank, has thrown its weight behind the planned public listing of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, reinforcing investor confidence in what could become one of the most significant capital market tran...

Some men build teams. Others build communities. Danny Bismark did both. The Arcadia community has lost one of its true icons following the passing of Danny Bismark-Petit. Born in Kadoma in 1935, Danny spent 52 years working for PG Industries. Away fr...