A fintech expert has advocated the adoption of a single African currency to simplify cross-border payments and boost regional trade, saying the continent’s fragmented monetary system remains a major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ilona writes about how tech & culture shape the future of money. Mobile money has continued to redefine Africa’s financial ...

As we approach the global annual climate change conference, COP29, the need for increased public finance from the global north to address climate adaptation in Africa has become more urgent than ever.

Author Joe Studwell explains how demographics will allow Africa to take Asia's crown as the most diverse region of the world.

In September 2023, Nigeria was upbeat after Emirates Airlines agreed to resume direct flights to the country. This came after an 11-month hiatus, the root cause of which was an inability to repatriate ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - China's role as a leading ‌financier to developing nations has shifted over ‌the past decade, with new loans to poorer countries falling sharply while debt repayments ...

NAIROBI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as cobalt, copper, lithium, manganese and some of ...

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 ...