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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: Brics Competition Law and Policy Centre.

Brics and China unite for a groundbreaking commodities exchange system

19 Sep 2024

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

PayRetailers expands further into Africa

18 Sep 2024

Africa's economic outlook 2019

Africa's economic outlook 2019

4 Feb 2019

Adesh Kisten, head of sales i-Pay.

Is the African retail market ready for the digital boom?

25 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019

#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019

Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019

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Brand Finance releases report for the world's most valuable brands in 2019

22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

18 Jan 2019

Who dares wins. Africa offers abundant prospects for venture capitalists

Who dares wins. Africa offers abundant prospects for venture capitalists

Clive Smith 11 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity

Sarina de Beer 9 Jan 2019

Elections and economic growth

Elections and economic growth

31 Dec 2018

Is Africa hurtling towards a fiscal abyss?

Is Africa hurtling towards a fiscal abyss?

Njuguna Ndung'u & Witness Simbanegavi 19 Dec 2018

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

14 Dec 2018

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

6 Dec 2018

In Zambia businesses in the food processing sector, are in for a tough time. flickr/Simon Hess

Small businesses in Africa will be on the frontline of climate change

Kate Gannon, & Declan Conway 6 Dec 2018

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

28 Nov 2018

Morocco is poised to knock SA off top investmentspot

SA remains top FDI destination on African continent

27 Nov 2018

Orange, MTN launch pan-African mobile money

Orange, MTN launch pan-African mobile money

27 Nov 2018

Judges announced for 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Judges announced for 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

19 Nov 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa can learn from EU: Ramaphosa

15 Nov 2018

Debt-ridden African countries return to the IMF fold

Debt-ridden African countries return to the IMF fold

Akani Chauke 14 Nov 2018

Bitcoin has evolved from a currency to a commodity

Bitcoin has evolved from a currency to a commodity

2 Nov 2018

New report highlights 5 agricultural investment opportunities in Africa

New report highlights 5 agricultural investment opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2018

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

23 Oct 2018

Should Africa be wary of Chinese investment?

Should Africa be wary of Chinese investment?

Annie Lugube-Kutsawa 23 Oct 2018

Omar Abdisalan/Amisom/Flickr

Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia. But there are risks

Victor Odundo Owuor 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Here are the 2018 Ai Institutional Investment, Capital Market Awards winners

Here are the 2018 Ai Institutional Investment, Capital Market Awards winners

1 Oct 2018

AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

28 Sep 2018

AfDB-Cananda trade mission.

'Africa cannot be ignored'

27 Sep 2018

Is Africa the Silicon Valley of banking?

Is Africa the Silicon Valley of banking?

27 Sep 2018

(c) Rabia Elif Aksoy -

Digital culture makes or breaks digital transformation initiatives

Jonathan Houston 26 Sep 2018

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

24 Sep 2018

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Africa's economic outlook 2019

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Adesh Kisten, head of sales i-Pay.

Is the African retail market ready for the digital boom?

25 Jan 2019

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#BizTrends2019: Payments, engagement, partnership - African retail trends for 2019

Mark Schech 22 Jan 2019

(c) andreahast -

Brand Finance releases report for the world's most valuable brands in 2019

22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

#BizTrends2019: Private equity's African story

18 Jan 2019

Who dares wins. Africa offers abundant prospects for venture capitalists

Who dares wins. Africa offers abundant prospects for venture capitalists

Clive Smith 11 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity

Sarina de Beer 9 Jan 2019

Elections and economic growth

Elections and economic growth

31 Dec 2018

Is Africa hurtling towards a fiscal abyss?

Is Africa hurtling towards a fiscal abyss?

Njuguna Ndung'u & Witness Simbanegavi 19 Dec 2018

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

170 million mobile wallets across Africa

14 Dec 2018

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

Africa farmers need finance that is focused on the entire value chain

6 Dec 2018

In Zambia businesses in the food processing sector, are in for a tough time. flickr/Simon Hess

Small businesses in Africa will be on the frontline of climate change

Kate Gannon, & Declan Conway 6 Dec 2018

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

Visa and Vivo Energy partner to enhance digital payments

28 Nov 2018

Morocco is poised to knock SA off top investmentspot

SA remains top FDI destination on African continent

27 Nov 2018

Orange, MTN launch pan-African mobile money

Orange, MTN launch pan-African mobile money

27 Nov 2018

Judges announced for 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

Judges announced for 2019 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

19 Nov 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa can learn from EU: Ramaphosa

15 Nov 2018

Debt-ridden African countries return to the IMF fold

Debt-ridden African countries return to the IMF fold

Akani Chauke 14 Nov 2018

Bitcoin has evolved from a currency to a commodity

Bitcoin has evolved from a currency to a commodity

2 Nov 2018

New report highlights 5 agricultural investment opportunities in Africa

New report highlights 5 agricultural investment opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2018

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

BBC News Africa to launch new programme 'Smart Money'

23 Oct 2018

Should Africa be wary of Chinese investment?

Should Africa be wary of Chinese investment?

Annie Lugube-Kutsawa 23 Oct 2018

Omar Abdisalan/Amisom/Flickr

Mobile money transfers have taken off in Somalia. But there are risks

Victor Odundo Owuor 15 Oct 2018

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

#FairnessFirst: How sending girls to school changes the economy

Leigh Andrews 15 Oct 2018

Here are the 2018 Ai Institutional Investment, Capital Market Awards winners

Here are the 2018 Ai Institutional Investment, Capital Market Awards winners

1 Oct 2018

AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

AfDB releases inaugural Africa-to-Africa (A2A) Investment Report: A First Look

28 Sep 2018

AfDB-Cananda trade mission.

'Africa cannot be ignored'

27 Sep 2018

Is Africa the Silicon Valley of banking?

Is Africa the Silicon Valley of banking?

27 Sep 2018

(c) Rabia Elif Aksoy -

Digital culture makes or breaks digital transformation initiatives

Jonathan Houston 26 Sep 2018

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

AfCFTA will spur industrialisation

24 Sep 2018

John Kamaro, director for Global Gaming Africa

Blockchain as a solution to Africa's challenges

Katy Micallef 21 Sep 2018

New pan-African audit body plans to restore confidence in profession

New pan-African audit body plans to restore confidence in profession

17 Sep 2018

Lionel October, director general of the dti

Intra-African trade remains a priority

14 Sep 2018

Parade of world leaders court Africa

Parade of world leaders court Africa

Souhir Mzali 6 Sep 2018

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

Africa's insurance journalism awards open

5 Sep 2018

Demand for affordable, cross-border payments drives innovation in Africa

Demand for affordable, cross-border payments drives innovation in Africa

3 Sep 2018

Dr Ayodele Odusola, chief economist, UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa

Investing in Africa is sound business and a sustainable corporate strategy

Ayodele Odusola 31 Aug 2018

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Beijing has lent $90bn to African governments, SEOs

Said Aboubaker & Savious Kwinika 31 Aug 2018

Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, UNCTAD Secretary-General.

Africa has phenomenal potential for intra-continental trade

Zipporah Musau 30 Aug 2018

African Union chairperson and president of Rwanda Paul Kagame (from left); president of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou and African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at the launch of AfCFTA in Kigali in March 2018. Credit: Office of President Paul Kagame.

Africa's massive free trade area a "gamechanger"

Kingsley Ighobor 29 Aug 2018

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