MUSINA – BUSINESSES in Musina, South Africa’s busiest border town, are reporting a sharp decline in trade amid heightened anti-migrant sentiment that has discouraged many cross-border shoppers and traders from neighbouring
JOHANNESBURG – AFRICA’S energy landscape is undergoing a structural transformation, with renewable energy financing now significantly outpacing investment in non-renewable power generation. In 2025, Standard Bank’s funding for renewable energy projects
JOHANNESBURG – THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has successfully concluded a two-day meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, where representatives from government ministries and the private sector across member states identified
ABIDJAN – DESPITE global and regional headwinds, Africa continues to demonstrate remarkable economic resilience, maintaining its position as a global growth frontier. This is the central finding of the 2026 Africa
HARARE – THE Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, John Mushayavanhu, has introduced newly designed Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) banknotes, presenting them as part of broader monetary reforms aimed at
JOHANNESBURG – BANKS are confronting a new generation of fraud threats that are adaptive, intelligent, and increasingly powered by artificial intelligence. These dynamic attacks exploit real-time vulnerabilities across digital channels,
JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africans and citizens across the continent are urging more African banks to join China’s Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS) following Standard Bank’s decision to become the first
by MANGALISO TSHUMABULAWAYO – ZIMBABWE’S economy, though nominally larger than that of neighbouring Zambia, continues to underperform dramatically—a failure increasingly attributed to the dominance of informal and grey economic activity
by MANGALISO TSHUMABULAWAYO – ZIMBABWE has hailed this week’s announcement of a US$1 billion investment package as a transformative milestone that could unlock major growth across several strategic industries. Government
by MELUSI MHLANGABULAWAYO – DESPITE claims by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube that the majority of Zimbabweans have achieved middle-income status, evidence on the ground paints a starkly different picture.
