The looting of Africa by its elites with the witting or unwitting complicity of overseas partners is an old, sad song. Looters are flexible and clever. As Britain and France tighten the screws on ...

From presidents to springboks, South Africa’s currency charts a journey through power, pride, and identity. Coins and banknotes may seem like mere currency, but in South Africa, they are vessels of ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Fancy a bet on the best-performing currency of 2012? Sign up here. If last year is anything to go by it may lie somewhere in frontier Africa, scene of a headlong ...

A new remittance tax set to begin in the new year has one university student reeling from the implications it will have for her family in Nigeria. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

NAIROBI, Aug 16 (Reuters) - East Africa's economies have long nurtured ambitions to issue Eurobonds to tap foreign interest in their economic growth, yet in reality they are no closer to matching west ...

For more than a decade, the idea of a truly integrated African market has hovered somewhere between political aspiration and economic inevitability. With the African Continental Free Trade Area ...

Airtel Africa plans a landmark IPO for Airtel Money, potentially raising up to $2 billion, valuing it at $10 billion, amid ...

Africa’s financial landscape is shifting as Pesalink and PAPSS enable instant cross-border payments in local currencies, reducing reliance on the US dollar. The partnership promises faster settlements ...