(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s government said there are no plans to create a so-called BRICS currency, after US President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on members of the ...

Citigroup Inc. sees an increased risk of currency devaluations in Africa this year after a relatively stable 2025, as low oil ...

The Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc has dismissed a post on X, formerly Twitter, which claimed that the bloc's member countries have launched a common regional currency.

The First Africa climate summit in Nairobi intensified calls for a common African currency to address climate finance gaps. A section of African ministers and experts indicated that currency could ...

Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the CFA franc's links to former colonial ruler France. The CFA franc was initially pegged to ...

In September 2023, Nigeria was upbeat after Emirates Airlines agreed to resume direct flights to the country. This came after an 11-month hiatus, the root cause of which was an inability to repatriate ...

What It Means for Ghana and West Africa rsquo;s Economic Future In a landmark decision at its 68th Ordinary Session, the ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara wants members of the Economic Community of West African States to start a common currency a year earlier than planned. “I want this common ...

Africa enters 2026 in a markedly different economic mood from the turbulence that defined much of the past decade .