Currency difficulties are one of the biggest obstacles to intra- African trade. Big contracts are often conducted in US dollars or other non-African hard currencies but there is a lack of these across ...

Mobile money has continued to redefine Africa’s financial landscape, growing from a regional innovation to a cornerstone of economic activity. In 2023, the mobile money market reached $674.8 ...

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 ...

What the traditional tuk-tuk design offers is somewhere near the lowest common denominator for the motorised transport of goods and people. Cheap to buy, cheap to run, has zero frills, and yet has ...

The PUNCH reports that Airtel Africa, a telecommunications and mobile money services provider, has announced the launch of a second share buyback programme aimed at returning up to $100m to its ...

Udeme Samuel Jacob is affiliated with The South African Research Chair: Education and Care in Childhood, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. Olumide A ...

Tabletop games are booming, and designers are looking to diverse cultures for fresh inspiration. In particular, African-inspired tabletop games offer a vibrant canvas for designers to delve into ...

The African Development Bank is developing mechanisms to increase access to local-currency debt that the continent needs to underpin a new drive to bring electricity to 300 million people by 2030 ...

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The importance of responsive web design cannot be overstated in our increasingly digital world, with a multitude of devices connecting to the internet. In Africa, pioneers in this field have been ...

Welcome to the South African Rand exchange rate & live currency converter page. The South African Rand (ZAR) exchange rates represented on this page are live, updated every minute within the forex ...

The rand fell the most in two weeks against the dollar as a political rift between South Africa’s two main governing parties widened, adding to growing concerns about US President Donald Trump ...