In a landmark achievement for Liberia's economic sovereignty, the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) has collected a record-breaking US$818 million in domestic revenue for 2025, surpassing its target and...
Barbados motorists and businesses face a mixed fuel price adjustment effective from midnight tonight, with increases for gasoline and diesel partially offset by decreases for kerosene and liquefied pe...
The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) has launched an urgent survey of its members to identify available hotel rooms, as widespread flight cancellations linked to the situation in Venezuel...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has imposed a significant 24-month debarment on Tetralink Taylor & Associates East Africa Limited, a Kenyan consulting firm, and all its affiliated entities. ...
South Africa's inflation outlook for 2026 has received a significant boost with the announcement of substantial reductions in petrol, diesel, and paraffin prices effective from Wednesday, 7 January. T...
At the Africa Investment Forum 2025 in Rabat, Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced a significant scaling of their financial partnership, targeting billions in new private capital to...
A decade-long push for freer movement across Africa has yielded measurable progress, but significant political and procedural hurdles remain, according to the 2025 Africa Visa Openness Index (AVOI) la...
A specialized training workshop on the Desert to Power Initiative's Joint Protocol for Independent Power Producers (IPPs) was held in Abidjan from December 1-3, 2025. The event, attended by officials ...
A groundbreaking initiative by the African Development Bank (AfDB) is transforming the lives of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rescuing them from hazardous work in ar...
In a major consolidation of Africa's financial technology infrastructure, Flutterwave, the continent's most valuable startup, has acquired open banking platform Mono in an all-stock deal valued betwee...
Africa's tech ecosystem has produced fintech and mobility unicorns, but a new analysis argues the continent's unique challenges—from power cuts to multi-currency realities—are the very ingredients nee...
Nigeria's landmark tax overhaul, the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025, has taken full effect, introducing a transformative and controversial enforcement mechanism. From 2026, banks, fintechs, and ...
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has launched a new grant program, allocating US$190,000 to support regional conferences and events aimed at boosting the competitiveness of the Caribbean's Cultura...
Kenya has formally ended its participation in the COMESA Sugar Safeguard regime, concluding a 24-year period of trade protection and signaling a new era of open competition for its domestic sugar indu...
Across Africa's fastest-growing economies, regulatory compliance has shifted from a back-office function to a central strategic determinant of success for foreign companies. With regulators strengthen...
Shareholders in Nigeria have publicly praised Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, stating his sustained investment in the country has had a transformational impact on the economy, with visi...
Barbados-based conglomerate Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) has reported a significant $24.3 million increase in annual profit, largely driven by a dramatic recovery at its cocoa processing subsidia...
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has declared that Barbados is facing immediate and severe consequences from the United States' military intervention in Venezuela, with widespread flight cancellations,...
The Barbados Employers' Confederation (BEC) has issued a strong public rebuke of the government's recent budget announcement, demanding that all future minimum wage adjustments be routed through the o...