South Africa's four-year probe into state capture will be complete when Chief Justice Raymond Zondo submits the concluding part of his findings today.

Over the next month, President Cyril Ramaphosa will face at least three hurdles that will determine his political future and the nature of governance in South Africa over the medium term – (a)...

South Africa is considering measures to strengthen governance and improve efficiency at ailing state-owned enterprises such as South African Airways...

Simmering tensions in Sierra Leone have led to a popular uprising partly driven by particularly high rise price rises (see: Inflation in West Africa, June 2022).

On Friday, 3 June 2016, the Minister for Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, called on Nigerian banks to halt their current spate of lay-offs.

Update (22 Jul 2016) - Negotiations Under Way Between #Ghana And #Turkish #Energy Company To Boost #PowerGeneration By 225 MW.

The Ghana Grains Council with financial support from the USAID launched mFarms, a digital platform, in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana during its annual pre-harvest agribusiness fair in October.

President George Weah has signed into law a bill reforming the anti-corruption commission (LACC). Key changes include granting the commission the autonomy to prosecute suspects and requiring...

A change in leadership is impending at Nigeria's central bank as the country prepares for a presidential election. Bank governor Godwin Emefiele is entangled in a political web that has resulted...

In a House of Representatives session illustrative of Nigeria's current fraught economic environment, MPs yesterday (5 Oct) debated the tenure of central bank governor Godwin Emefiele.

Investors sold shares in nine Nigerian banks one day after the central bank barred the banks from trading in the forex market. The banks were barred on August 23.

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Yusuf Lasun, Deputy Speaker; Abdulmumini Jibrin, MP (All belong to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Budget minister Udoma Udo-Udoma has said the government's projected revenue has fallen short by US$3.3 billion so far this year—about 55% of the US$5.4 billion projection.

President Buhari is expected to present the 2017 budget to the senate on 1 December.

Nigeria's presidential election is now one month away, and President Muhammadu Buhari is not contesting because he is serving his second and final term. The four leading candidates this time are Bola Tinubu...

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) remains in charge of a stable government for now, but recent electoral setbacks and corruption scandals put it in a vulnerable position from which it may be forced...

The governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone (BSL) has been effectively sacked, two months after the finance minister was dismissed. Both occur against the backdrop of a currency redenomination...

Cote d'Ivoire's investment promotion body, Centre de promotion des investissements en Côte d'Ivoire (CEPICI), has released figures showing that over 5,700 enterprises were created up to the end of Q3 2016.

Recent weeks have seen a steady stream of data releases from international institutions confirming the reality that we feel on the ground – ‘commodity markets sneeze and (about half of) the region catches a cold'.

​D-Day has finally arrived for Ghanaians. The long- anticipated parliamentary & presidential elections are underway in some 29,000 polling stations spread across the 275 constituencies in the country...