Emmanuel Ebube

LONDON, April 8 – Oil prices fell sharply below $100 a barrel after the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week …

ANTANANARIVO, April 7 – Madagascar has declared a nationwide state of energy emergency for 15 days as fuel shortages worsen due to …

LONDON, April 7 – South Africa’s FirstRand plans to exit its UK motor finance business after increasing provisions to £750 million to …

CAIRO, April 7 – Italian energy firm Eni has announced a major gas and condensate discovery offshore Egypt following the drilling of …

CAIRO, April 7 – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a $10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme aimed at shielding African …

NAIROBI, April 7 – Kenya’s private sector activity contracted in March for the first time since August 2025, as external shocks linked …

JOHANNESBURG, April 7 – South Africa’s private sector returned to modest growth in March, as gains in output and hiring offset declines …

LAGOS, April 6 – Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery is scaling up exports of gasoline and urea to African markets as supply disruptions …

JOHANNESBURG, April 4 – Africa is assuming a more prominent role in supplying the United States with critical minerals, as Washington’s reliance …

NEW YORK, April 4 – African policymakers are intensifying efforts to reshape how sovereign credit risk is assessed, as concerns mount that …