Business

According to Forbes' 2022 World Billionaires rankings, Tanzania's Mohammed Dewji is the Youngest Billionaire in Africa. The youngest billionaire in Africa comes in at just 45 years old, with the seventh youngest being 58 years old. "Africa's youngest billionaire title is...

According to RMB, Egypt is the best country to invest in Africa, with Morocco following and South Africa in third place while Rwanda and Botswana were ranked in fourth and fifth respectively.

According to this year's Forbes Richest Billionaires Ranking, Aliko Dangote is Nigeria's richest man. His networth is estimated at $12.1 billion.

Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to head the World Trade Organization as it seeks to to resolve disagreements over how it decides cases involving billions in sales and thousands of jobs.

Militant violence and abuses by security forces have made sub-Saharan Africa the riskiest region in the world for business and investors, a new report says.

South Africa has been ranked as the world's most miserable economy after Venezuela and Argentina. Bloomberg's Misery Index, which ranks major economies by inflation and unemployment expectations, has ranked South Africa as the third most miserable economy in the world. Venezuela,...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has for the first time in its hundred years of existence, elected a Ghanaian, Valentina Mintah, as a member of its Executive Board. The seven-member executive board was announced at the 2020 meeting of...

The collapse in crude oil prices, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to “plunge the Nigerian economy into a severe recession, the worst since the 1980s”, the World Bank said on Thursday. The World Bank, in a new report,...

Nigeria's giant mobile operator, Glo, and South Africa's MTN has retained their ranking as Africa’s most admired brands. This year's list of Africa's most admired brands is dominated by South African and Nigerian companies with MTN and DANGOTE occupying the...

Rwanda is Africa's fastest-growing economy, according to the 2020 African Economic Outlook report. Rwanda is closely followed by, Ethiopia (7.4 per cent), Côte d'Ivoire (7.4 per cent), Ghana (7.1 per cent) and Benin 6.7 per cent. East Africa maintained its lead...