Africa

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

Blockchain is moving beyond cryptocurrency trading and into practical financial infrastructure across Africa, as a new partnership between DCSPay and...

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...

Africa’s push to become a larger participant in the global artificial-intelligence economy is gaining momentum as African governments, investors and...

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...

Coral reefs are experiencing climate-driven bleaching so frequently that they no longer have enough time to recover, creating growing economic...