Zimbabwe expects a record 400m kilogramme tobacco harvest, but a policy to protect the ZiG threatens to erode growers’ ...

The City of Cape Town’s auctioning of the Good Hope Centre, a 1970s heritage landmark, and about 50 other properties to raise funds for service delivery, has angered South African human rights ...

Dangote Cement and the Nigerian government are pursuing an out-of-court agreement to resolve alleged tax liabilities and disputed pioneer status exemptions.

When Ghana’s three-year restriction on new domestic bond issuance quietly lapsed this year, it marked more than a technical policy shift. It signalled the country’s tentative return to the capital ...

One of Ethiopia’s most prominent opposition figures has stepped down from party leadership months before the country’s next national election, prompting debate about what the move signals for the ...

From collapsing cocoa prices to a new $40m pasta plant in Accra, Olam is repositioning itself for a more challenging era in ...

Gabon steps up its courtship of the Donald Trump administration and private investors this week with a ministerial delegation ...

Real-time revelations of rot in the highest ranks of police have kept South Africans transfixed like a soap opera. Here is ...

Jacob Zuma has a large family and appears to enjoy working with them, but their political appointments often prove as ...

The oil crisis sparked by the war in the Middle East threatens to trigger an economic shock across the continent, leading to inflation and reduced budget margins. Here’s our analysis in infographics.

Horn states side with Gulf monarchies, South Africa and Senegal invoke international law and West Africa treads carefully; ...

Rising liquefied natural gas costs and shipping risks in the Gulf could push up electricity prices for gas-dependent African power systems.