Rwanda Economic Outlook
Recent macroeconomic and financial developments
After contracting by 3.4% in 2020 due to COVID-19, GDP growth reached 10% in 2021, buoyed by sustained fiscal stimulus,...
Ivory Coast government sees economic growth at 7.1% in 2022
Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, projects economic growth of 7.1% in 2022, up from 6.5% in 2021, government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly said...
ECOWAS IN PERSPECTIVE: Sanctions on Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali Adjourn
The leaders of Economic Community of West African States have
suspended for a month its decision to sanction the military regimes of Burkina Faso,...
Tanzania scraps mobile money tax
The Tanzanian government has scrapped its mobile money transfer levy starting October 1, 2022. The scrapping comes three months after the government slashed the...
Fiat Money vs. Commodity Money: Which Is More Prone to Inflation?
Inflation refers to the tendency for prices to rise in an economy over time, making the money in hand less valuable as it requires...
KKD writes to Akufo-Addo on latest address to the economy
His Royal Blackness King Kwasi Kyei Darkwah, Media, Brands & Culture Experts reflected on the speech of the President last Sunday and could not...
IDIF: Akufo-Addo commissions Cylinder Manufacturing Company at Bereku
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo Friday said about 125 companies are in operation across the country under the One District One Factory (1D1F)...
UK finance minister Kwarteng to be sacked – Times
LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Britain's finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng is to be sacked, The Times reported on Friday.
"I'm told that Kwasi Kwarteng is...
Our economy will bounce back stronger- President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says he is very optimistic that Ghana's economy would bounce back stronger.
He said despite the current...
EU inaugurates €1.3bn Nigeria green economy project
The European Union (EU) has inaugurated the ‘Team Europe Initiative (TEI) Nigeria Green Economy’ project aimed at stimulating sustainable climate-smart agriculture and renewable energy...