Guaranty Trust Holding Company becomes West Africa’s first bank to list ordinary shares on the LSE, signalling rising ...

With foreign licensing rules in place, Kenya’s KCB hopes to be a first mover in Ethiopia. But stringent regulations may make ...

Zimbabwe’s Nelson Chamisa returns to politics with plans to launch a movement to challenge Kudakwashe Tagwirei or VP ...

South Africa and Sudan are in the hot seat this week as the US Congress takes up a flurry of bills ahead of the summer recess ...

Disillusioned by the US retreat from multilateralism, 2019 Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo calls for an ...

The Cameroonian’s tenure begins as Afreximbank embarks on an ambitious plan to grow its total assets and guarantees to $250bn ...

David Maraga made history when he nullified the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Now, as Kenya reels from protest ...

After backlash, Serigne Fall Gueye, director of the Grand Théâtre, reverses ban on wigs, weaves and bleaching imposed under ...

While other multinationals are scaling down in Africa, the French dairy giant is betting on growth, says Danone’s president ...

The attack on the western Malian city of Kayes on 1 July indicates that Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is establishing itself in the ...

The corruption scandal erupts just as President John Mahama’s anti-graft campaign begins to reach inside his own party, raising stakes for the ruling NDC and its reform credentials.

Former South African president Jacob Zuma breaks with the African National Congress (ANC) pro-Western Sahara policy.