Ghana must get fair deal from international bondholders, IMF chief says
Ghana should make sure the debt relief deal it negotiates with commercial creditors do not undermine the country's efforts to recover from its economic...
Major internet outage hits West and Central Africa
A major internet outage affected West and Central Africa on Thursday, the internet observatory Netblocks said, as operators of multiple subsea cables reported failures.
The...
African cocoa plants run out of beans as global chocolate crisis deepens
Major African cocoa plants in Ivory Coast and Ghana have stopped or cut processing because they cannot afford to buy beans, four trading sources...
Global corporate dividends hit record $1.66 trillion in 2023
Corporate dividends globally hit an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, with record payouts by banks making up half of the growth, a...
Default risk fades in emerging markets as riskiest bonds soar
The risk of government defaults in emerging markets this year is subsiding, stoking a rally in bonds that were just recently teetering on collapse...
