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The president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa will be addressing a gathering on Thursday in an attempt to woo investors to do business in his country.

The US Senate has approved the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax system in more than three decades.

One of Nigeria’s largest oil unions launched a nationwide strike on Monday over the laying off of its workers, its general secretary said.

Bitcoin has moved another step towards mainstream investing with the start of trading on the huge Chicago Mercantile Exchange financial futures market.

Walt Disney says it is to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for $52.4bn (£39bn).

South Africa has been ranked the number one on the continent in the latest Barclays Financial Markets Index released in Ghana on Wednesday.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has sacked four ministers, including those with the foreign affairs and energy portfolios, his office said late on Tuesday, without giving a reason.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed a multi-million dollar partnership with Ghana on his first trip to Africa since taking office. Germany hopes the accord might help curb migration to Europe.

Facebook is to overhaul its tax structure so that it pays tax in the country where profits are earned, instead of using an Irish subsidiary.

Côte d’Ivoire will boost its electricity production through a 44-megawatt hydroelectric power project supported with a €50 million African Development Bank financing loan, approved on in Abidjan.Located at about 148 km north of Abidjan, the Singrobo-Ahouaty Hydropower Plant Project, to be commissioned in 2021, will support the thermal production of electricity during periods of high demand as well as diversify the country’s energy mix.