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Ghana has unlocked a $360 million disbursement from the International Monetary Fund following the third review of its extended credit facility arrangement. 

Ghana decides 2024: Will policy reforms be sustained post election?

The Port Harcourt Refining Company says its operations were not completely halted but scaled down to facilitate improvements at the facility. 

Can Port Harcourt refinery run at full capacity?

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform, Taiwo Oyedele, says the government does not intend to withdraw the tax reform bills currently before parliament.

Understanding Nigeria’s tax reform bills

Nigeria’s latest Eurobond offer has been oversubscribed at $9.1 billion with the government taking just $2.2 billion. 

Nigeria’s $1.7bn Eurobond oversubscribed at $9.1bn

The Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organisation, Arsenio Dominguez says the red sea crisis is greatly impacting international shipping as it affects innocent seafarers and strains trade. 

IMO: Red Sea crisis impacting international shipping

The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee has left the Monetary Policy Rate unchanged at 27 per cent. 

MPC Decision: Which direction will BoG swing in 2025?

OPEC+ is considering postponing its oil output hike due to start in January for the first quarter of next year as it gets set to hold further talks on this and other options ahead of its delayed policy meeting on Thursday. 

Is OPEC+ likely to postpone output hike in Q1’25?

Eze Onyekpere, Lead Director at the Center for Social Justice joins CNBC Africa for more. 

Minimum wage: Nigeria Labour Congress begins strike

Political parties and their presidential candidates have signed a peace pact as Ghanaians get set to head to the polls this weekend. 

Ghana decides 2024: Special voting begins after peace pact

Maddalaine Ansell, Global Director for Education at British Council believes all countries around the world face the same education challenges with concerns around how young people get the knowledge and skills that they need in order to be successful

Ansell: Africa has real desire to solve its education challenges

Cocoa prices are moderately lower as an increase in cocoa supplies from Nigeria triggers long liquidation in cocoa futures. 

Can Nigeria sustain increased cocoa supplies?

The Director of Examinations, Nigeria at the British Council, Deep Adhikari says the council’s partnership with IELTS explores the changing landscape of English while noting the world needs a link language to do business, to interact. 

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