The South African rand extended the previous session’s losses on Friday after the central bank unexpectedly left interest rates unchanged, pushing the currency close to the 17-per-dollar level for the ...

The number of people confirmed infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo was heading towards 3,000 on Friday after officials reviewed data in two of the worst-hit provinces and reported ...

Mali’s industrial gold production is expected to remain below 60 metric tons annually through 2029, according to a mines ministry plan seen by Reuters, extending a decline that followed the ...

Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala speaks during an interview with Reuters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 9, 2018. Picture taken April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo Standard Bank Group Chief ...

Aspen Pharmacare is boosting its efforts, to open up access, to new medicines in Africa. The latest licensing deal, being with MSD; to develop, manufacture and commercialise HIV prevention medicine.

Import Bank, is charting a new path. Under the leadership of its President and Chair, Dr. George Elombi, Afreximbank has aligned its renewed strategy, with a number of leadership appointments. One of ...

Plan International Nigeria's Country Director, Charles Usie, says Nigeria must embrace innovative financing models to sustain development as traditional donor funding declines. Speaking to CNBC Africa ...

Africa's venture capital landscape is showing signs of a major shift. While Egypt led total funding in the first half of the year, Nigeria emerged as the continent's top destination for equity ...

Merck said on Friday it signed seven voluntary licensing agreements with generic drug manufacturers to make and sell lower-cost versions of its experimental once-monthly oral HIV pill in 129 low- and ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the African Medical Centre of Excellence, Brian Deaver, says expanding health insurance coverage across Africa is critical to improving access to specialised healthcare ...

Traders at Access Bank Ghana say the market is taking a watch and see approach Investor shift focus today’s 9.49 billion ...

Oil prices dropped by around 3% early on Friday, but remained on track for a weekly jump of 10% as the U.S.-Iran war continued to escalate. At 6:25 a.m. ET, global benchmark Brent crude futures for ...