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Ghana’s debt stock hits $34.6 billion

Ghana’s debt stock has increased from $28.9 billion (GH¢142 billion) in 2017 to $34.6 billion (GH¢170.8 billion) in 2018. The latest figure, according to Ghana’s...

Gabon amends constitution amid Bongo’s illness

Gabon's Constitutional Court says the country's constitution has been amended following President Ali Bongo's illness. Mr. Bongo has been in hospital in Saudi Arabia since October...

Nigeria launches world’s first digital commodity platform

Nigeria has rolled out what has been described as the World’s first digital end to end blockchain based commodity and financing platform. The platform which...

Ghana’s inflation drops to 9.5 percent, the lowest in 5-years

Ghana’s Inflation rate has dropped from 9.8 percent in September to 9.5 percent for the month of October according to official data from its...

Ghana rolls out IMF’s dissemination system

Ghana has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page...

MTN to offer mobile banking in Nigeria in 2019

Telecom firm MTN wants to offer mobile banking in Africa’s most populous country Nigeria from next year. The Chief Executive Officer of the South African...

Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli deported to Ghana

British authorities on Wednesday deported 38-year-old Ghanaian, Kweku Adoboli convicted of the UK’s biggest fraud. Mr Adoboli was re-arrested on Monday before his deportation to Ghana. He...

Female Muslim students in Nigeria’s Lagos state allowed to wear hijab to school

Female Muslim pupils in Lagos state in Nigeria can now put on Hijab to public schools without fear. It follows an approval by the state’s...

Former Ghanaian UBS Trader detained again in the UK

Former Ghanaian trader convicted of fraud in the UK, Kweku Adoboli has been re-arrested ahead of his deportation to Ghana. Mr Adoboli UBS trader...

Former OPEC President to be Extradited Back to Nigeria

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has revealed it is waiting for the deportation of its Former oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from the...

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