Economy news

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Recruit Image

Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

By Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

More news

Japan slides into recession

15 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Dollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

Rae Wee 2 Aug 2023

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

These are the most in demand finance jobs in the world right now, research shows

31 Jan 2023

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

Irene Lauro 23 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Liz Truss resigns

20 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist.

IMF World Economic Outlook projects 25% probability global growth could fall below 2%

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas 11 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.

New York still top, Moscow sinks in finance centre ranking

Huw Jones 22 Sep 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Uncertainty ahead: The state of African consumer sentiment

15 Jun 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Outlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Francesco Remolo

SSA: Low vaccination rates & complex policy environment impacts economy

22 Oct 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Tomas Griger

Covid-19 leads to rising global debt

13 Oct 2021

Source: © sedatseven

SA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

Source ©Dmitrijs Kaminskis

Africa's GBS sector on the rise

2 Sep 2021

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa

Top 3 risks to businesses in 2021

Thusang Mahlangu 25 Jun 2021

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Eugene Yiga 14 Jun 2021

Workers in a tea plantation in Rwanda. The crop is one of the country's main exports

Africa's free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

John Luiz 27 May 2021

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Shift Impact Africa 17 May 2021

Trucks loaded with goods had been waiting for weeks to cross the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana borders at Elubo/Noe. © Franck Kuwonu/Africa Renewal

Africans urged to trade more with each other

7 May 2021

Bobby Madhav, FNB head of trade and structured trade and commodity finance

AfCFTA offers massive economic opportunities, but there is still much work to be done

Bobby Madhav 22 Apr 2021

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

NJ Ayuk 4 Nov 2020

More news

Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

23 Oct 2024

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

Japan slides into recession

15 Feb 2024

Source: Reuters.

Dollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

Rae Wee 2 Aug 2023

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Oil prices fall, set for fourth weekly drop, as demand fears weigh

Yuka Obayashi and Andrew Hayley 12 May 2023

These are the most in demand finance jobs in the world right now, research shows

31 Jan 2023

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

COP27: An historic deal was made, but what comes next?

Irene Lauro 23 Nov 2022

Source: Reuters.

Liz Truss resigns

20 Oct 2022

Source: Supplied. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist.

IMF World Economic Outlook projects 25% probability global growth could fall below 2%

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas 11 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.

New York still top, Moscow sinks in finance centre ranking

Huw Jones 22 Sep 2022

Helping Africa's coffee, wine producers access Chinese consumers

3 Aug 2022

Uncertainty ahead: The state of African consumer sentiment

15 Jun 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Outlook for global economy bleak, World Economic Forum warns

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2022

Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration

South Africa's rand recovers

29 Nov 2021

Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky

Medtech sector key to SA's economic recovery

2 Nov 2021

Source: ©Francesco Remolo

SSA: Low vaccination rates & complex policy environment impacts economy

22 Oct 2021

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

SA to re-emerge in strong position post-Covid

14 Oct 2021

Source: ©Tomas Griger

Covid-19 leads to rising global debt

13 Oct 2021

Source: © sedatseven

SA earns over half of investment banking fees in sub-Saharan Africa

12 Oct 2021

Source ©Dmitrijs Kaminskis

Africa's GBS sector on the rise

2 Sep 2021

Thusang Mahlangu, CEO, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty South Africa

Top 3 risks to businesses in 2021

Thusang Mahlangu 25 Jun 2021

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa: The ups and downs

Eugene Yiga 14 Jun 2021

Workers in a tea plantation in Rwanda. The crop is one of the country's main exports

Africa's free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve

John Luiz 27 May 2021

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Register now: CEO Connect discussion on Competitive Collaboration in Africa - One Africa, One Voice

Shift Impact Africa 17 May 2021

Trucks loaded with goods had been waiting for weeks to cross the Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana borders at Elubo/Noe. © Franck Kuwonu/Africa Renewal

Africans urged to trade more with each other

7 May 2021

Bobby Madhav, FNB head of trade and structured trade and commodity finance

AfCFTA offers massive economic opportunities, but there is still much work to be done

Bobby Madhav 22 Apr 2021

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

NJ Ayuk 4 Nov 2020

Covid-19 and AfCFTA: why now is the time to maintain momentum despite the global pandemic

Zuneid Yousuf 15 Oct 2020

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u

Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

Njuguna Ndung'u 28 Sep 2020

Africa is open for business

Africa is open for business

15 Sep 2020

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Muazu Ibrahim 3 Aug 2020

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

Why African countries are reluctant to take up Covid-19 debt relief

Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success.

What drove Asia's economic success stories, and what should Africa emulate?

Mills Soko 27 Jul 2020

Image credit: Retha Ferguson from Pexels

Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

23 Jul 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

Robyn Berger, Theunis Claassen and Catherine Robson 30 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

Africa’s dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19. Getty Images

How a post-Covid-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area

Faizel Ismail 27 May 2020