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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansThe frontrunner in the Conservative Party leadership contest, Boris Johnson announced that, if elected to be the UK’s next prime minister, he would refuse to pay the UK’s Brexit divorce bill unless better withdrawal terms are on offer fr...
·almost 5 years ago
The Executive Council of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised the efforts of the Angolan government in its fight for economic stabilization, Finance Minister Archer Mangueira said Wednesday in Luanda.The official made the st...
·almost 5 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) defends the elimination of subsidies for water and energy, arguing that they benefit more people with greater financial power. This was during an interview the IMF Resident Representative in Angol...
·almost 5 years ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday concluded his two-day working visit to Osaka, Japan, where he attended the G20 Summit which allowed for critical engagement on efforts to address major global economic challenges. The summit was att...
·almost 5 years ago
African Union (AU) leaders will gather in Niger on 7 July for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area. They will be meeting at a critical momentfor the continent. Many African countries are experiencing...
·almost 5 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday raised the growth forecast of Nigeria's economy for the 2019 financial year by 0.3 per cent to 2.3 per cent. It disclosed this in its July update on the World Economic Outlook with the them...
·over 4 years ago
Ghana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting Africa...
·over 4 years ago
The relationship between Ghana and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is, to many Ghanaians, a difficult one. Most Ghanaians are of the view that the country should divorce itself from the international body. A look at sentiments e...
·almost 5 years ago
As G20 ministers and central bank governors gather in Bali this week, they face a global economic outlook that has darkened significantly
·almost 2 years ago
The International Monetary Fund( IMF) staff visited South Africa to hold meetings as part of their routine economic surveillance function
·almost 2 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become increasingly infatuated by the negative consequences of excessive inequality. This new-found mission is laudable, but neglects the manifold ways its own policy advice contributed to growin...
·almost 5 years ago
Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a source of their financing. Examples include the “blood diamonds” that were used to...
·over 4 years ago
Tanzania’s economic growth slowed to 6.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 from 7.5% in the same period a year earlier, official data showed on Sunday, weighed down by softer construction, agriculture and manufacturing activity....
·over 4 years ago
Five decades ago this month, US President Richard Nixon informed the world that the US would no longer honour its commitment to exchange US dollars for gold on demand. The commitment had been the foundation of the international monetary ...
·over 2 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will inject $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights into the global economy. It will allocate them among its member states, which can then decide for themselves how they want to use their Special Draw...
·over 2 years ago
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gives loans to countries in economic trouble. In exchange, countries must implement a programme of painful policy reforms. Countries rarely complete these programmes. We set out to uncover why. ...
·almost 3 years ago