11-Aug-2017 to 15:55

APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — Mozambique's central bank, Banco de Mocambique (BM), has reduced its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 22.5 percent, APA can report on Friday.

11-Aug-2017 to 12:42

APA-Windhoek (Namibia) — American businessman and US President Donald Trump advisor on North Africa and the Sahel has expressed a keen interest in Namibia and plans to bring over investors from America and China to do business in manufacturing, energy and agriculture.

11-Aug-2017 to 10:47

APA-Accra (Ghana) — After heated agitations between workers of the state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the government over sale of the company, the deal has been signed sealed, APA has learnt here on Friday.

11-Aug-2017 to 07:27

APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) — South Africa’s Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister Mduduzi Manana has been granted bail after appearing in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on assault charges, APA has learnt.

10-Aug-2017 to 21:34

APA- Cairo (Egypt) — The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) closed down in negative territory on Thursday despite serious trading by Egyptian and Arab firms.

10-Aug-2017 to 19:12

APA-Cairo (Egypt) — Egypt's annual inflation rate registered 35.26 percent in July, compared to 31.95 percent in the same month a year earlier, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said in a statement Thursday.

10-Aug-2017 to 17:39

APA-Dakar (Senegal) — Resources and grants raised by the Senegalese government at the end of May 2017 increased by 4.9 percent to reach 840.5 billion CFA francs, compared to the same period in 2016, according to data from the Directorate of Forecasting and Economic Studies (DPEE).