Business

South Africa has become one of the biggest markets for illegal cigarette sales and is losing out on 7 billion rand ($514 million) a...

Liberia’s central bank governor on Tuesday resigned from office, according to the country's presidency.Milton Alvin Weeks was appointed by former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

Drivers working for digital ride-hailing companies, Uber and Taxify in Kenya have withdrawn their services.They are protesting unfair rates charged by these two companies...

Ivory Coast is set to produce biomass power from wastes from cocoa pods.The West African nation is leading cocoa producer in the world. It...

Mining by artisans in Burkina Faso has been banned by authorities in an attempt to protect lives and environment.Small-scale mining is popular in the...

A tax regime for using social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook takes effect in Uganda.Uganda's Parliament last month passed a law that...

Ghana is reporting of an outbreak of H5 bird flu in parts of the country.The agriculture ministry says the highly pathogenic flu has been...

The World Bank has approved a new $500 million loan to support economic reforms in Tunisia, the state news agency said on Thursday.The loan...

Ghana has imposed a ban on the importation of all tilapia fish effective July 1, 2018.The West African nation is hoping the ban will...

European car-marker, Volkswagen is launching a car assembly plant in Rwanda on Wednesday.This will be the first of such plant in the East African nation.The...