Africa holds approximately 30% of the world’s critical mineral reserves, making the continent indispensable to green industrialisation and the global energy transition. However, beyond being a major ...

Discover which African currencies are stronger than the South African rand in December 2025, and see where the ZAR ranks.

Ghana wants to ditch its currency, the Cedi, in favour of adopting the Eco. Eight other countries in the region — Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo — ...

(Bloomberg) -- Senegal’s main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, will seek a reform of the regional CFA currency if his coalition wins elections later this month. Creating a new currency, outside the ...

Discover the African countries with the strongest currencies in December 2025. Find out the benefits that these countries get ...

Local currency financing has emerged as one of the most pressing obstacles to scaling Africa’s energy ambitions, according to ...

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - A pan-African payments infrastructure provider designed to facilitate trade on the continent is piloting an African currency market platform to boost commerce across borders in the ...

Africa remains one the most economically potential regions in the world, crypto and blockchain will help to drive its development. It has been nearly two decades since the world saw the introduction ...

Nigerian trade consultant Bamidele Ayemibo says it’s easier to sell his bean cake snacks to China than to neighboring Benin. Trading with any of the other members of the Economic Community of West ...

So far, we have three dogs in this fight, with no case of a pan-African central bank digital currency either live or at pilot stage. Out of the three, China’s DCEP from the People’s Bank of China is ...

Without sustainable local-currency solutions, experts warned, Africa risks building energy systems that investors cannot ...