Oil, gold and copper under pressure as markets slide  | Business
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(Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images) Commodities including oil, natural gas, metals and agricultural products joined a…

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Oil, gold and copper under pressure as markets slide | Business

Kenya: The financial implications of the wave of anti-tax protests
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Weeks after the waves of fierce anti-tax protests that rocked Kenya’s capital and other major…

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Kenya: The financial implications of the wave of anti-tax protests

Cautious optimism in the energy sector as South Africa’s new government takes office
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For South Africa’s new government of national unity (GNU), there is no more urgent or…

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Cautious optimism in the energy sector as South Africa’s new government takes office

What next for Kenya’s tax regime after backlash?
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In the aftermath of deadly riots in Kenya over President William Ruto’s plans to increase…

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What next for Kenya’s tax regime after backlash?

Will the coalition government be the making of South Africa?
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South Africa’s ‘Rainbow Nation’, once described by the ANC intellectual and fellow inmate of Nelson…

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Will the coalition government be the making of South Africa?

Nigeria relies on diaspora remittances for economic recovery
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For years Western Union was the money transfer method of choice for Jones Obi, a…

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Nigeria relies on diaspora remittances for economic recovery

TDB Group holds its 2024 annual general meetings in Mozambique
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This article is sponsored by TDB Group During the proceedings of the Annual General Meetings,…

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TDB Group holds its 2024 annual general meetings in Mozambique

Ethiopia liberalises foreign exchange regime in bid to gain IMF funding
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Ethiopia has liberalised its foreign exchange regime, in a move that will unlock over $10bn…

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Ethiopia liberalises foreign exchange regime in bid to gain IMF funding

Paul Collier's Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places, reviewed
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This book “is about places that once felt prosperous but now have fallen behind. They…

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Paul Collier's Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places, reviewed

The long read: Can coalition government fix South Africa?
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On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela, newly released from Victor Verster prison after decades of…

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The long read: Can coalition government fix South Africa?