<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="546" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA-820x546.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-560115" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA-820x546.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA-768x511.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/OKONJO-IWAELA.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Director-General of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks during the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



GENEVA, Nov 29 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;World Trade Organization chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was reappointed for a second term at a special meeting on Friday, the trade watchdog said, meaning her&nbsp;tenure&nbsp;will coincide with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s&nbsp;second administration.



Analysts expect the road ahead for the three-decade-old WTO will be challenging, likely characterised by trade wars with Trump, who returns to the White House on Jan. 20, threatening hefty tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China.



Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance minister who made history in 2021 by becoming the WTO&#8217;s first female and first African director-general, announced in September that she would run again, aiming to complete &#8220;unfinished business&#8221;.



No other candidates ran against her&nbsp;and all of the WTO&#8217;s 166 members agreed by consensus to a proposal to reappoint her.



&#8220;We have a full agenda to deliver&#8230;and we fully intend to get to work immediately, no stopping, to try and deliver on these results,&#8221; Okonjo-Iweala told journalists, citing WTO reforms and fishing negotiations as among her priorities.



Trade sources said the meeting created a means of fast-tracking her appointment process to avoid any risk of it being blocked by Trump, whose teams and allies have criticised both Okonjo-Iweala and the WTO in the past.



In 2020, his administration gave its support to a rival candidate and sought to block her first term. She secured U.S. backing only when President Joe Biden succeeded Trump in the White House&nbsp;in January 2021.



WTO General Council Chair and Norwegian Ambassador Petter Ølberg said the process had been fair and transparent. &#8220;We feel that we now are really fit for the next four years,&#8221; he said.



MOUNTING U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS



Even in the Biden era, WTO negotiations have made limited progress although a handful of deals were struck in Geneva in 2022. Efforts to revamp the WTO&#8217;s dispute settlement system, brought to its knees under Trump due to U.S. opposition to judge appointments, have so far failed to deliver ahead of an end-December deadline.



Many predict the WTO will be a theatre where mounting trade tensions between the U.S. and China will play out, with Trump&#8217;s new trade team expected to challenge Beijing&#8217;s official developing country status at the WTO that critics say endows it with unfair advantages.



China&#8217;s mission sent a message on X congratulating Okonjo-Iweala and saying it was looking forward to working with her and other members &#8220;to safeguard the multilateral trading system&#8221;.



Okonjo-Iweala said she was looking forward to working with the incoming Trump administration and that she saw common ground between them on areas like intellectual property rights. &#8220;I think we should come into things with a very constructive and creative approach to trying to deal with the issues that will face the world trading system,&#8221; she said.



She declined to comment on Trump&#8217;s tariff plans, calling it premature.



Asked to respond to remarks by Trump&#8217;s former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer that she was &#8220;China&#8217;s ally in Geneva&#8221;, she said: &#8220;The WTO has 166 members and I hope they all believe I&#8217;m their ally.&#8221;



(Reporting by Emma Farge, editing by Thomas Seythal, Kevin Liffey and Mark Heinrich)

OKONJO-IWAELA

WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala reinstated for second term as trade wars loom

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="720" height="480" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WM23DAP7ZZIDHDPYXPH2BB7XJM.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-560111" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WM23DAP7ZZIDHDPYXPH2BB7XJM.jpg 720w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WM23DAP7ZZIDHDPYXPH2BB7XJM-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WM23DAP7ZZIDHDPYXPH2BB7XJM-135x90.jpg 135w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria, arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



ABUJA, Nov 29 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Nigeria and France have signed two agreements to boost infrastructure development and food security while Nigerian lenders Zenith Bank&nbsp;ZENITHB.LG&nbsp;and United Bank for Africa (UBA)&nbsp;UBA.LG&nbsp;expanded their operations into France.



Nigeria&#8217;s presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said on Friday that the deals, signed the previous day during President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s state visit to Paris, included a 300 million euro investment plan to support critical infrastructure, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, renewable energy and human capital development across Nigeria.



Nigeria&#8217;s finance minister Wale Edun and French economy minister Antoine Armand signed a letter of intent to facilitate the investments. Both nations also pledged to streamline trade and investment processes, Onanuga said in a statement.



&#8220;The two countries committed to forge a strategic relationship in project implementation and enhance mutual trade and cross border services by removing fiscal barriers while protecting labour rights,&#8221; a joint statement said.



In addition to the government-level agreements, Zenith Bank opened its doors in Paris, while UBA is set to follow after agreeing with the French authorities to commence operations in Paris, Onanuga said.



(Writing by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

WM23DAP7ZZIDHDPYXPH2BB7XJM

Nigeria and France sign infrastructure and finance deals

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3334" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/E2JS3NOVJZMKXHK7BDJKFLCEHI.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-560074"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Supporters attend the campaign launch event of Ghana&#8217;s Vice President and presidential candidate from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia ahead of the 2024 presidential election in Accra, Ghana, February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



ACCRA, Nov 29 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Ghanaians are set to vote on Dec. 7 for a new president to replace Nana Akufo-Addo, who has served the maximum two terms.



Former president John Dramani Mahama of the opposition National Democratic Congress party is seen as the main challenger to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, from Akufo-Addo&#8217;s ruling New Patriotic Party.



Ten&nbsp;other candidates are running. Among them, independent candidates Nana Kwame Bediako and Alan Kyerematen, who are expected to take votes from the two main candidates.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-john-dramani-mahama">JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA</h2>



Former president Mahama, 66, is seen by polls as favourite to win the election given a severe economic crisis that has made the current government unpopular.



While vice president in 2012, Mahama became interim leader after the sudden death of president John Atta Mills. A few months later, Mahama won his own mandate in a presidential election.



During his term, he invested heavily in infrastructure but drew criticism over power shortages, macroeconomic instability and allegations of political corruption, though he was not personally tainted.



He suffered back-to-back election defeats to Akufo-Addo in 2016 and 2020.



Mahama told Reuters in an interview that if he wins a new term in office he will seek to renegotiate terms of a $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout, which was secured last year to restructure the west African country&#8217;s debt.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-mahamudu-bawumia">MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA</h2>



Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, 61, was chosen by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as its flag-bearer in the election.



He is the first Muslim to lead a major party in Ghana since 1992 and also the first person outside the dominant Akan-speaking ethnic group to lead the NPP.



The 61-year-old economist and former central banker assumed office as vice president in 2017 after Akufo-Addo&#8217;s victory in the 2016 election.



Bawumia became the face of economic policy throughout Akufo-Addo&#8217;s presidency as Ghana battled its worst economic crisis in a generation.



He has promised to simplify the tax system, halve the number of ministers, and cut public spending by 3% of GDP if elected.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-alan-kyerematen">ALAN KYEREMATEN</h2>



Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, 69, is a former trade minister who served under Akufo-Addo from 2017 to 2023.



He was put forward by Ghana in 2012 as the candidate to succeed Pascal Lamy as head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), but he lost the race.



A prominent member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kyerematen was highly tipped to win the party&#8217;s primary and succeed Akufo-Addo.



But he resigned from the party after coming third in the first stage of the primaries, saying his contributions were not appreciated, and applied to run as an independent candidate.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-nana-kwame-bediako">NANA KWAME BEDIAKO</h2>



Bediako started his election campaign as a mystery candidate, hanging billboards across Ghana that showed a masked face and a promise to empower youth.



The 44-year-old businessman, working in infrastructure development, has contributed to the creation of over 700 homes and&nbsp;employs&nbsp;over 3,000 people, according to his website.



The independent candidate&#8217;s election promises include plans to create industries in all of Ghana&#8217;s regions.&nbsp;He has pledged to govern with only 12 cabinet ministers.



Two years ago, Bediako shot into the limelight when his neighbours complained the businessman was keeping tigers at home.



(Reporting by Christian Akorlie and Anait Miridzhanian; Editing by Bate Felix and Daren Butler)

E2JS3NOVJZMKXHK7BDJKFLCEHI

Who are the main candidates in Ghana’s presidential election?

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="4225" height="2817" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/EARVVGDVLZP6LFYHXIQGPYZEYQ.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559991"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Brazil&#8217;s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, South Africa&#8217;s President Cyril Ramaphosa, China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping, Australia&#8217;s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, South Korea&#8217;s President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Mexico&#8217;s President Claudia Sheinbaum, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and Russia&#8217;s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a group photo accompanied by other leaders during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 29 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;South Africa takes over the G20 presidency on Sunday, the first African country to lead the forum, though its focus on issues such as inclusive growth and climate change risks bumping up against the hard reality of trade wars and diplomatic tensions.



Coming a year after the African Union was admitted as a permanent member of the G20, South Africa&#8217;s turn at the helm is seen as an opportunity to push for progress on policy areas crucial to the continent&#8217;s development.



President Cyril Ramaphosa has cited inclusive economic growth, food security, climate change and artificial intelligence as priorities, with details expected next week.



South Africa is the fourth emerging market in a row to assume the G20 presidency, which rotates annually, after Indonesia, India and Brazil, and Ramaphosa has said his country would seek to build on the work of those predecessors.



The United States will take over in December 2025 under the leadership of Donald Trump, whose incoming administration has threatened to introduce restrictive trade tariffs on nations including Canada, Mexico and China, raising fears of trade wars.



Trump has also largely rejected the scientific consensus on the impact of human activity on climate change and vowed to dismantle climate-related policies he will inherit from President Joe Biden.



&#8220;It will be important for South Africa to ensure that it consolidates positions of the Global South and hands over to the U.S. a solid legacy on issues to avoid the U.S. and Global North diluting or undermining the whole agenda of the Global South,&#8221; said David Monyae, director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-polarised-world">POLARISED WORLD</h2>



The G20, which includes 19 sovereign nations as well as the European Union and African Union, was established to bolster global economic cooperation. It represents 85% of the global economy, 75% of world trade and 67% of the global population.



However, with members such as the United States, China and Russia in open confrontation over trade and wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere, global polarisation complicates the G20&#8217;s stated mission.



The International Monetary Fund and rating agencies have warned that increasingly protectionist trade policies were a threat to global growth and could hit emerging market economies the hardest.



Laura Rubidge, foreign policy researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, said the G20 presidency would give South Africa a chance to advocate for more effective reforms.



She said progress on issues such as sovereign debt, the IMF&#8217;s Common Framework and improving the World Trade Organization&#8217;s dispute settlement mechanism could help further Ramaphosa&#8217;s inclusive growth objective.



(Reporting by Kopano Gumbi; Editing by Estelle Shirbon and Tomasz Janowski)

EARVVGDVLZP6LFYHXIQGPYZEYQ

South Africa takes G20 helm as polarisation complicates agenda

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="547" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-820x547.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-559648" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-820x547.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1255804869-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Bank of Uganda, Uganda&#8217;s central bank, in Kampala, Uganda, on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Uganda estimates that it will need $28.1 billion to adapt to the effects of climate change and cut emissions until the end of the decade. Photographer: Katumba Badru Sultan/Bloomberg via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>



KAMPALA, (Reuters) &#8211; The Bank of Uganda said it was awaiting a police investigation into a news report that offshore hackers stole 62 billion Ugandan shillings ($16.8 million) from the central bank.



Uganda&#8217;s state-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Thursday that hackers, identifying themselves as &#8220;Waste,&#8221; reportedly accessed the Bank of Uganda&#8217;s IT systems and illicitly transferred the funds earlier this month.



The hacking group based in Southeast Asia, sent part of the stolen money to Japan, New Vision said, citing unnamed sources at the bank.



In an emailed response to a Reuters query the Bank of Uganda neither confirmed nor denied the incident, but said it was &#8220;waiting for the police report on the reported incident&#8221;.



Police did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the matter.



New Vision said the central bank had successfully recovered over half of the money from the hackers. In response to the cyber attack, President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation, it said.



Separately Uganda&#8217;s biggest independent newspaper, Daily Monitor, reported that the theft may have involved collusion by insiders.



Cyber thefts from banks and other financial service providers, including telecom firms, have occurred many times in Uganda. However, police officials have said that some banks are hesitant to publicly acknowledge such incidents due to fears of alienating customers. ($1 = 3,685.0000 Ugandan shillings)



(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa, Angus MacSwan and Michael Perry)

Katumba Badru Sultan/Bloomberg

Bank of Uganda awaiting police report on alleged $17 mln hacking theft

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3442" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DI47TGYKBVJVPHMSRFMIAXEEVA.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559592"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A logo of the Boxer store of one of South Africa&#8217;s fastest growing discount grocery chains is seen in Protea Glen, South Africa, on November 25, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) &#8211; Shares in South African discount grocer Boxer rose 17.6% on their trading debut on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Thursday, as investors bet on the growth of discounters after leading last week&#8217;s 8.5 billion rand ($471 million) initial public offering.



Parent Pick n Pay floated a 34.4% stake in Boxer, which started off as a small town operator in KwaZulu-Natal province and has grown to take a 68% share of the discount grocery retail market with over 500 stores in South Africa and neighbouring Eswatini.



Boxer&#8217;s shares opened at 63.01 rand, compared with a pre-listing subscription price of 54 rand. The shared closed at R63.51 after hitting a session high of 64.79 rand.



At 64 rand, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio has risen to around 20 times, which is closer to the country&#8217;s biggest grocer Shoprite&#8217;s P/E multiple, Nedbank senior equity research analyst Paul Steegers said.



Sasfin Wealth senior equity analyst Alec Abraham said that was fair &#8220;considering that Boxer&#8217;s medium-term earnings growth rate is likely to be higher than Shoprite.&#8221;



Pick n Pay said on Monday it had sold 157.4 million shares in Boxer and that its order book was multiple times oversubscribed at the top end of the offer price range.



This implies a market capitalisation of 24.7 billion rand for Boxer.



&#8220;The listing on the JSE will increase our profile and visibility, and provide Boxer with access to a large pool of capital for growth,&#8221; Boxer CEO Marek Masojada said before blowing a kudu horn to signal the first trade.



&#8220;The support from investors was overwhelming, clearly demonstrating the worth of the Boxer business.&#8221;



Masojada&#8217;s list of priorities includes ramping up the retailer&#8217;s new store rollout plan, expanding its private label offering and offering of fresh produce such as vegetables and meat, he told Reuters after the listing.



Boxer aims to double its store footprint in the next six to seven years, with 60 to 70 new stores per year.



&#8220;This is a business that still have good growth potential in the South African food retail space, so certainly something that will attract a lot of interest given the mediocre state of the consumer,&#8221; said Casparus Treurnicht, portfolio manager at Gryphon Asset Management.



Pick n Pay, the country&#8217;s third biggest grocery retailer by market capitalisation, will retain a 65.6% stake in Boxer. The listing also completes Pick n Pay&#8217;s two-step recapitalisation plan, significantly strengthening its balance sheet.



($1 = 18.1938 rand)



(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by David Goodman and Susan Fenton)

DI47TGYKBVJVPHMSRFMIAXEEVA

South African retailer Boxer’s shares jump 16% on market debut

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3560" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/62G224WUNFIBRLU2K6S7VS3YFE.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559717"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Zimbabwe&#8217;s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube stands with a briefcase at the Parliament Building in Mt Hampden on the day he presents the 2024 National Budget, Harare, Zimbabwe November 30, 2023.REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



HARARE, Nov 28 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Zimbabwe&#8217;s government expects economic growth to accelerate to 6% in 2025 from 2% this year, helped by improved agricultural output and power generation as the country recovers from a severe drought, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday.



Ncube added in a budget speech that the budget deficit was seen at 0.4% of gross domestic product next year versus 1.4% this year.



Like other countries in southern Africa, Zimbabwe&#8217;s economy was dealt a blow by an El Nino-induced drought which depressed food production and hydroelectric power supply.



Weaker lithium and platinum prices also weighed on its mining sector.



Ncube told lawmakers in parliament that the agriculture sector was projected to grow 12.8% in 2025 following a 15.0% contraction this year, while mining growth is seen accelerating to 5.6% next year from 2.3% in 2024.



Zimbabwe&#8217;s long-running currency problems persisted in 2024 as policymakers dumped the Zimdollar in April and replaced it with the ZiG, or Zimbabwe Gold, that has also slumped since its launch.



Ncube said without elaborating further that the government would next year seek to encourage greater acceptance of the ZiG by a sceptical public, who still use foreign currencies like the dollar for the bulk of local transactions.



(Reporting by Nyasha Chingono in Harare;Additional reporting by Tannur Anders and Bhargav Acharya in Johannesburg;Editing by Alexander Winning, Kirsten Donovan)

62G224WUNFIBRLU2K6S7VS3YFE

Zimbabwe sees 2025 growth rebound after this year’s drought

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3265" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PPA7LZHDAZIPJMJ7KHMLZAMWME.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559698"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A view shows the logo of South Africa&#8217;s central reserve bank, at the reserve bank offices in Pretoria, South Africa, January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The outlook for financial stability in South Africa has improved following successful elections, reduced power cuts, and the expectation of lower interest rates, the central bank said on Thursday.



The coalition government formed in June after the governing African National Congress lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 30 years has markedly improved investor sentiment.



The rand has strengthened against the U.S. dollar and remains the only emerging market currency to have done so this year.



South Africa has also had eight months of uninterrupted power supply, after years of rolling blackouts of up to 10 hours a day.



The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is also well into its rate cutting cycle, reducing its main lending rate by another 25 basis points to 7.75% earlier this month, with analysts forecasting more cuts from next year.



In the second edition of its Financial Stability Review (FSR), a biannual health check of the financial system, the central bank said risks remained, many of them structural.



&#8220;The perpetual risks to financial stability include persistently low and inequitable domestic economic growth, the impact of climate change on the financial sector and the ever-present threat of a cyber incident with systemic impact,&#8221; it said.



In addition, ratings agencies have kept South Africa at sub-investment grade for years, although a recent upward revision of the outlook by S&amp;P Global has boosted confidence.



To bolster the long term stability of the financial sector, the SARB is requiring banks to build up additional capital buffers from January 2025.



Banks will have to increase their capital holdings by 1%, with the central bank able to tap these funds in periods of stress.



(Reporting by Kopano Gumbi; Editing by Mark Potter)

PPA7LZHDAZIPJMJ7KHMLZAMWME

South Africa’s financial stability outlook improves, central bank says

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3386" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HUSJFCPJYBNIFPI5TQLV3BAP7A.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559556"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A protester holds a machete and a saw near burning barricades during a &#8220;national shutdown&#8221; against the election outcome, at Luis Cabral township in Maputo, Mozambique, November 7, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 27 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The governments of the United States, Britain, Canada, Norway, and Switzerland on Wednesday jointly condemned the escalating violence against civilians in Mozambique, a southern African nation currently embroiled in weeks of post-election protests.



&#8220;We call on the Government of Mozambique to uphold the role of security forces to protect the people of Mozambique,&#8221; the countries said in a joint statement.



Public outrage has surged after last month&#8217;s disputed election results, which sparked protests from opposition supporters.



The opposition is contesting what they say is a fraudulent victory by Frelimo, the party that has governed Mozambique since 1975.



The election result saw Frelimo extend its five-decade rule with its candidate, Daniel Chapo, succeeding President Filipe Nyusi to become Mozambique&#8217;s fifth president since its independence from Portugal.



Footage obtained by Reuters and shared on social media on Wednesday showed an armoured vehicle ploughing through a crowd of protesters in the capital, Maputo, hitting a woman.



In response to the incident, Mozambique&#8217;s army released a statement expressing deep regret over the accident, saying that the vehicle that was part of a properly marked convoy &#8220;accidentally ran over a citizen&#8221;.



The embassies of the five countries have called for an investigation into the incident.



Local monitoring group Plataforma Decide said last week at least 67 people were killed due to the unrest between mid-October and mid-November.



(Writing by Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Bate Felix and Sandra Maler)

HUSJFCPJYBNIFPI5TQLV3BAP7A

US, Britain and others condemn escalating violence in Mozambique

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="526" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-820x526.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-499905" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-820x526.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-300x192.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-140x90.jpg 140w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-768x493.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-1536x985.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RQ6Y27JM7RJZXG4XPHIK3JJ37I-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">FILE PHOTO: Naspers&#8217; logo is pictured on a smartphone in this illustration taken, December 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 27 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Takealot, South Africa&#8217;s biggest pure-play online retailer, on Wednesday opened its third distribution centre in the coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal, as it seeks to offer faster deliveries in the country&#8217;s second most populated region.



The e-commerce giant, owned by tech investor Naspers has been operating in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) for over a decade but fulfilling orders through its other warehouses.



&#8220;The centre is a strategic enhancement of our delivery network to better service the people of the province,&#8221; Frederik Zietsman, CEO of Takealot Group said in a statement.



Located in the coastal city of Durban, the facility spans 43,000 square metres and is equipped to ship up to 45,000 units per day, the company said.



Durban, being one of South Africa&#8217;s leading industrial and economic hubs, plays an important role in the country&#8217;s trade and logistics networks, Zietsman said.



&#8220;The city&#8217;s infrastructure connects regional markets to global supply chains, and its strategic location offers unmatched access to key transport routes. The new Distribution Centre enables Takealot to leverage on these logistical advantages,&#8221; he added.



Takealot, which is defending its market share against newcomer U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon, has two other distribution centres, in Cape Town and Johannesburg.



(Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)

FILE PHOTO: Illustration shows smartphone with Naspers’ logo

Takealot boosts logistics with new distribution centre in South Africa’s Durban

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3334" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/6A7M3AO7TJLVNGKEVN2F6TDGYE.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559324"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets with Argentine Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



NAIROBI, Nov 27 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;International Monetary Fund staff and Ethiopia&#8217;s government have reached agreement on the second review of the country&#8217;s $3.4 billion financing programme, the IMF said on Wednesday.



The East African country secured the programme in July, hours after it followed one of the IMF&#8217;s key recommendations and floated its birr currency.



Upon completion of the review by the IMF&#8217;s Executive Board, Ethiopia will have access to a disbursement of roughly $251 million, the IMF said in a statement.



&#8220;Ethiopia&#8217;s economic reform programme, including the transition to a market-determined exchange rate, continues to advance well,&#8221; the statement said.



&#8220;With macroeconomic stability supported by prudent policy and a so far muted FX reform impact on inflation, conditions for economic growth in the period ahead appear promising.&#8221;



The first programme review, which focused on aspects like foreign exchange reserves and external debt, was agreed with staff in September and approved by the board last month.



After unusually fast reviews of Ethiopia&#8217;s programme to date that were aimed at closely monitoring the impact of reforms including the liberalisation of the foreign exchange market, the IMF is now moving to a six-month review schedule.



(Reporting by Hereward Holland. Additional reporting by Gursimran Kaur. Writing by Duncan Miriri. Editing by Alexander Winning and Mark Potter)

6A7M3AO7TJLVNGKEVN2F6TDGYE

IMF, Ethiopia reach staff agreement on second programme review

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3193" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/N5TCR3K4IZPKXKFUBHVDCCUSQM.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559248"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Standard Chartered bank logo is seen at their headquarters in London, Britain, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/ File Photo</figcaption></figure>



Nov 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Standard Chartered is exploring a potential divestment of its wealth and retail banking operations in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia, it said on Wednesday, as the banking giant looks to free up capital in the midst of a broad shake-up.



The Asia-focussed lender, like rival HSBC, is restructuring its business to focus more on affluent individual customers and international companies that are likely to yield more in fees for the bank.



It has for some time been pivoting away from its once globe-spanning empire to focus on core businesses as it bets on strong economic growth in Asian markets and aims to rein in expenses.



Standard Chartered said the potential exits in Africa would be the first in a small number of business divestitures in accordance with its new target of doubling investment in its wealth unit while paring back retail banking.



&#8220;The group will concentrate its resources in these markets on serving the cross-border needs of global corporate and financial institution clients,&#8221; said Standard Chartered.



The bank, like HSBC, has in the recent past reaped the benefits of higher borrowing costs and comparatively resilient wealth generation and economic growth in Asia.



&#8220;This new move, if it happens, is therefore not a surprise and was something they had hinted at in their most recent results presentation,&#8221; said Gary Greenwood​​​​, equity research analyst at Shore Capital.



StanChart said while announcing its third-quarter earnings in October that it was looking at opportunities to sell some or all of a small number of businesses where the &#8220;strategic rationale is not sufficiently compelling&#8221;.



The cost-cutting measures will see the lender save around $1.5 billion over three years while expenses climb amid expanding business operations and rising pressures from sticky inflation.



The financial effects of the proposed exits are not material to the group, StanChart said.



(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D&#8217;Souza and Jan Harvey)

N5TCR3K4IZPKXKFUBHVDCCUSQM

Standard Chartered mulls sale of wealth, retail operations in Africa

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="5000" height="3333" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2NA7VEUYPROEDENMDXO2R4YJQ4.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559231"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A general view shows Haifa Port in Haifa, Israel July 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



DAR ES SALAAM, Nov 27 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Tanzania plans to honour its contracts with an Adani Group unit despite a U.S. indictment of its billionaire chairman Gautam Adani on accusations of bribery and fraud, a senior official at the ports authority said.



Adani was indicted for fraud last week and arrest warrants were issued for him and his nephew for their alleged roles in a $265 million scheme to bribe Indian officials to secure power-supply deals. Adani Group has denied the accusations.



In May, Tanzania entered into a 30-year concession agreement with Adani Ports, a unit of Adani Group, to operate a container terminal in its Dar es Salaam port, known as Container Terminal 2.



Adani Ports also struck a share purchase agreement for a 95% stake in state-owned Tanzania International Container Terminal Services for $95 million.



&#8220;We don&#8217;t have any problems with anyone. Everything we are doing is according to our laws and agreements,&#8221; Tanzania Ports Authority Director General Plasduce Mbossa told Reuters late on Tuesday when asked about the contracts&#8217; status.



&#8220;For contracts we have, we don’t have such claims (of wrongdoing). If there are other people who are taking actions, then they are doing so according to their reasons.&#8221;



Last week in neighbouring Kenya, President William Ruto scrapped a deal signed with a unit of Adani to build power transmission lines.



He also cancelled a proposal to add a second runway at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport and upgrade the passenger terminal in exchange for a 30-year lease.



(Reporting by Nuzulack Dausen; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Bhargav Acharya and Jan Harvey)

2NA7VEUYPROEDENMDXO2R4YJQ4

Tanzania to keep agreement with Adani for container terminal, official says

<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1080" height="721" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/JYU723U4DNP4BBHG4FOIPPB3UQ.avif" alt="" class="wp-image-559182"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">amibia&#8217;s President Nangolo Mbumba greets presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of Namibia&#8217;s ruling party SWAPO, at a rally ahead of the upcoming elections in Windhoek, Namibia, November 24, 2024. REUTERS/Noah Tjijenda/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



WINDHOEK, Nov 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Namibians go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president and parliament in what could be a tough election for the ruling SWAPO party, which is seeking to extend its 34-year rule.



SWAPO has governed the southern African nation since leading it to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Its presidential candidate, Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, would be the country&#8217;s first female leader if she wins.



Political analysts say that high unemployment, inequality and corruption allegations have led to disenchantment with the ruling party, especially among youth, but that longstanding loyalty to SWAPO among older and rural voters could help it pull through.



&#8220;It&#8217;s the most tense election since independence,&#8221; said Henning Melber, an associate at The Nordic Africa Institute and a longtime SWAPO member, who said that for the first time, he sees a possibility it could lose.



&#8220;The degree of frustration is really high.&#8221;



Leading the pack of 14 opposition candidates is dentist-turned-politician Panduleni Itula, who came in second in the last election in 2019.



Namibia is currently led by interim president Nangolo Mbumba, who took over in February after former president Hage Geingob died but is not running.



To be elected president, a candidate must get more than 50% of votes, otherwise there will be a second round of voting.



Namibians vote separately for the National Assembly.



About 1.4 million people are registered to vote in the sparsely populated country of around 3 million, according to the electoral commission. Results are expected within a few days.



(Writing by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

JYU723U4DNP4BBHG4FOIPPB3UQ

Namibia votes with ruling party seeking to extend 34-year rule

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="547" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-820x547.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-558935" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-820x547.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-300x200.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-135x90.jpg 135w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AHUWILBOLVPCZCA3GKVIVDRU4E-scaled.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A woman walks past the Central Bank building after the monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja, Nigeria May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



ABUJA, Nov 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Nigeria&#8217;s central bank raised its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 27.50% on Tuesday, citing renewed inflationary pressures in Africa&#8217;s most populous nation.



The decision by the bank&#8217;s Monetary Policy Committee is the sixth consecutive&nbsp;rate hike&nbsp;this year.



Inflation rose for the second straight month to 33.88% in annual terms in October as Nigerian citizens grapple with the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.



Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Olayemi Cardoso said food and energy prices were key contributors to the uptick in inflation.



&#8220;Members therefore agreed unanimously to remain focused in addressing price developments,&#8221; he told a news conference.



Cardoso said the central bank was committed to the &#8220;war&#8221; against inflation and said the bank thought results of its policy tightening would be more visible in the first quarter of 2025.



(Reporting by Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and Chijioke Ohuocha in Abuja; Additional reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe in Lagos, Bate Felix in Dakar and Bhargav Acharya in Johannesburg; Editing by Alexander Winning)

A woman walks past the Central Bank building after the monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Abuja

Nigeria’s central bank delivers sixth rate hike this year

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="429" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-820x429.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-558858" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-820x429.jpg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-300x157.jpg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-768x402.jpg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y.jpg 1920w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">South Africa&#8217;s President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the opening session of the World Science Forum in Cape Town, South Africa, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Esa Alexander/File Photo</figcaption></figure>



JOHANNESBURG, Nov 26 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;South African opposition party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) brought a case to the country&#8217;s top court on Tuesday to try to revive impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa over the scandal dubbed &#8220;Farmgate&#8221; by local media.



The scandal centred on the alleged theft of millions of dollars hidden in furniture on Ramaphosa&#8217;s Phala Phala game farm, which a former intelligence official revealed to police.



An independent panel report found evidence Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over the incident.



But in late 2022 lawmakers from Ramaphosa&#8217;s African National Congress (ANC), which had a majority in the National Assembly at the time, voted to reject the report and prevented an impeachment committee from being set up to probe the allegations.



The EFF argues the National Assembly acted unlawfully by not holding the president to account. Ramaphosa and the ANC say the report did not provide sufficient evidence to support its findings and relied on hearsay, according to a summary of the case published by the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg.



The first hearing started on Tuesday morning.



Ramaphosa has always denied wrongdoing over the affair and has not been charged with any crime.



The ANC lost its parliamentary majority in an election in May this year, but it continues to govern as part of a broad coalition with other parties.



(Reporting by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Alexander Winning and Alex Richardson)

MQA3LM34T5KLNL355QDOHJWY6Y

S.Africa opposition seeks to revive impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="820" height="410" src="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1-820x410.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-558826" srcset="https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1-820x410.jpeg 820w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1-300x150.jpeg 300w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1-160x80.jpeg 160w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1-768x384.jpeg 768w, https://cms.cnbcafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/106677114-15983545702020-08-25t100023z_1719720997_rc2yki97n9wc_rtrmadp_0_usa-china-tech-1.jpeg 884w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters</figcaption></figure>



BEIJING — President-elect Donald Trump plans to raise tariffs by an additional 10% on all Chinese goods coming into the U.S., according to a post on his social media platform Truth Social.



The post immediately followed one in which Trump said his first of “many” executive orders on Jan. 20 would impose tariffs of 25% on all products from Mexico and Canada. Such a move would end a regional free trade agreement.



Trump is set to be inaugurated as the next U.S. president on Jan. 20. He cited illegal immigration and illicit drug trade as reasons for the tariffs.



“I have had many talks with China about the massive amounts of drugs, in particular Fentanyl, being sent into the United States – But to no avail,” Trump said.&nbsp;He claimed that contrary to promises, Beijing did not impose the death penalty on such drug dealers.



Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is an addictive drug that’s led to tens of thousands of overdose deaths each year in the U.S.



Reducing illicit supplies of the drug, precursors of which are mostly produced in China and Mexico, has been an area in which Washington and Beijing have agreed to cooperate.



“No one will win a trade war or a tariff war,” Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for China’s embassy in the U.S., said on X. He described bilateral economic and trade cooperation as “mutually beneficial in nature.”



Liu pushed back on Trump’s claim that China has done little to stem the flow of fentanyl to the U.S. He said that both countries’ counternarcotics teams have regularly communicated since Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Joe Biden in November 2023.



“Drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before,” Trump said. “Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America.”



Trump had threatened tariffs of 60% on Chinese goods while campaigning for president.



A 10% tariff on China is lower than the 20% to 30% that markets expected, Kinger Lau, chief China equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia.” He expects China will cut rates, increase fiscal stimulus and moderately depreciate its currency in order to counter the economic impact of increased duties.



Mexico is the largest trading partner of the U.S., followed by Canada and China, according to U.S. data as of September.



The U.S. is China’s largest trading partner on a single country basis, according to China customs data. The Asian country’s largest regional trading partners are the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union.



China and the U.S. still have a “really important commercial and economic relationship,” Andy Rothman, investment strategist at Matthews Asia, told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Tuesday. He said that China is unlikely to take reciprocal action for now, and noted that Beijing has not typically responded aggressively.



The U.S. dollar traded about 1% stronger versus the Mexican peso, and 1.4% higher against the Canadian dollar as of Tuesday morning. The greenback climbed around 0.2% against the Hong Kong-traded Chinese yuan.



— CNBC’s Hui Jie Lim and Anniek Bao contributed to this report.

featured

WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala reinstated for second term as trade wars loom

Nigeria and France sign infrastructure and finance deals

Who are the main candidates in Ghana’s presidential election?

South Africa takes G20 helm as polarisation complicates agenda

Bank of Uganda awaiting police report on alleged $17 mln hacking theft

South African retailer Boxer’s shares jump 16% on market debut

Zimbabwe sees 2025 growth rebound after this year’s drought

South Africa’s financial stability outlook improves, central bank says

US, Britain and others condemn escalating violence in Mozambique

Takealot boosts logistics with new distribution centre in South Africa’s Durban

IMF, Ethiopia reach staff agreement on second programme review

Standard Chartered mulls sale of wealth, retail operations in Africa

Tanzania to keep agreement with Adani for container terminal, official says

Namibia votes with ruling party seeking to extend 34-year rule

Nigeria’s central bank delivers sixth rate hike this year

S.Africa opposition seeks to revive impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa

Trump vows an additional 10% tariff on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico

News Tips

Advertise With Us

featured

WTO chief Okonjo-Iweala reinstated for second term as trade wars loom

Nigeria and France sign infrastructure and finance deals

Who are the main candidates in Ghana’s presidential election?

South Africa takes G20 helm as polarisation complicates agenda

Bank of Uganda awaiting police report on alleged $17 mln hacking theft

South African retailer Boxer’s shares jump 16% on market debut

Zimbabwe sees 2025 growth rebound after this year’s drought

South Africa’s financial stability outlook improves, central bank says

US, Britain and others condemn escalating violence in Mozambique

Takealot boosts logistics with new distribution centre in South Africa’s Durban

IMF, Ethiopia reach staff agreement on second programme review

Standard Chartered mulls sale of wealth, retail operations in Africa

Tanzania to keep agreement with Adani for container terminal, official says

Namibia votes with ruling party seeking to extend 34-year rule

Nigeria’s central bank delivers sixth rate hike this year

S.Africa opposition seeks to revive impeachment proceedings against Ramaphosa

Trump vows an additional 10% tariff on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico

News Tips

Advertise With Us

Newsletters