Finance
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Zimbabwe launches gold coins as legal tender to tackle hyperinflation
Zimbabwe has launched gold coins to be sold to the public in a bid to tame runaway inflation that has…
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Ghana delays Mid-Year Budget Review until end of IMF talks
The 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review, which was supposed to take place this week, has been postponed by Parliament until the…
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Kenya has the highest crypto owners in Africa, UNCTAD data shows
The latest data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) suggests that Kenya has the highest crypto-owning…
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Why Central African Republic Adopted Bitcoin as an Official Currency
Originally published on BBC by Damian Zane and Guy Bandolo The Central African Republic’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal…
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Lisa Cook sits as First Black Woman on the Board of U.S. Federal Reserve
Economist Lisa Cook has become the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the…
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Bitcoin is now an Official Currency in Central African Republic
Following El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as an official currency last year, the Central African Republic has become the world’s…
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Africa Still Prints its Money in Europe
At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions…
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Ghana: Government Paper Picks Newly Signed E-Levy FAQs Point by Point
The Ministry of Finance issued a paper with rules for full implementation of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) in May…
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IBM wins major cloud deals in Africa
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM…
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From Afghanistan to Ukraine, crypto adoption is now going global
Last week, El Salvador officially became the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender — but it’s not…
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