Pick n Pay rolls out Bitcoin payments to 1,500 stores
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AfDB to commit US$10bn over five years for food
The African Development Bank will commit US$10 billion over the next five years to boost food ...
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JSE bleeding customers – and things might get worse
South Africa’s main stock exchange will probably continue haemorrhaging listings over the next year as companies ...
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Sarb hikes rates by 25 basis points
The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hike interest rates ...
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Africa needs up to R1.2trn in loans every year to curb food imports as costs soar
Farmers in Africa will need as much as US$65 billion (nearly R1.2 trillion) in loans annually ...
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Uganda starts first oil drilling, eyes production in 2025
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Uganda’s first of four oil rigs to start drilling at the ...
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Brazil and Argentina eye common currency similar to the euro, with Latin American nations invited to join
South America’s two largest economies have considered options to coordinate their currencies for decades, often to ...
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Sarb to hike repo rate by 50bps or 25bps, that is the question
South Africa’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will hold its first meeting of the year to decide ...
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South Africa’s energy crisis becoming an everything crisis
The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies ...
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Zambia and UAE sign landmark US$2 Billion renewable energy investment agreement
Zambia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Joint ...
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