Africa

Nigeria’s tax rules are bringing virtual assets further into the formal economy, alongside rapid growth in mobile money and instant...

One of Africa’s smallest economies is undergoing a remarkably rapid financial transformation. Mobile money and fintech usage are expanding across...

Angola is preparing to open its $18.6 billion domestic government bond market more widely to foreign investors, in a significant...

Senegal is confronting one of West Africa’s most closely watched sovereign-debt crises, with the government revealing that approximately $3.5 billion...

A new $200 million financing mechanism is targeting one of East Africa’s largest underserved economic sectors, with capital set to...

African fintech Nomba has secured a $3 million debt facility to expand its cross-border payment infrastructure from the Democratic Republic...

Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death alongside 11 other defendants after a Cairo court convicted them...

Africa’s largest telecommunications operator, MTN Group, is exploring banking licences in selected markets as it seeks to expand its rapidly...

South Africa’s Harmony Gold has reported an 87 per cent increase in annual profit after record bullion prices outweighed lower...

Africa’s largest telecommunications group is considering obtaining banking licences in selected markets as it prepares to move beyond mobile payments...