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Africa’s debt crisis needs a bold new approach: expert outlines a way forward
22nd February 2024 It hasn’t been easy for African states to finance their developmental and environmental policy objectives over the past few years. Recent events... →
Nigerian diaspora group’s claims on jobs, inflation and national productivity don’t add up
By: Africa Check 22nd February 2024 In February 2024, a group called the Nigeria Diaspora Youth Coalition made a number of claims about Nigeria’s key economic indicators on X... →
National Assembly pass several Bills
21st February 2024 The National Assembly (NA) has, during its plenary sitting this afternoon, passed the Revenue Laws Amendment Bill, the Plant Health (Phytosanitary)... →
Budget expected to show conditions remain unsupportive of fiscal consolidation – Nedbank
By: Schalk Burger 15th February 2024 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2024 Budget Speech, to be delivered next week, is expected to show that economic conditions will remain broadly... →
West Africa trade will take a hit as Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso leave Ecowas
15th February 2024 The membership of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has been whittled down from 15 to 12 following the unilateral withdrawal... →
S Africa's budget to consolidate more slowly, rate cuts delayed – poll
By: Reuters 15th February 2024 South Africa's budget deficit will narrow at a slower pace in coming years than October estimates predicted, put off course by poor mining tax... →
DA: John Steenhuisen: Address by DA leader, during a Debate on the President’s State-of-the-Nation Address, Cape Town (13/02/2024)
13th February 2024 It was a place built on the South African Dream: the promise that her life would be better than the life of her parents, and that her children’s... →
2024 defining year for world’s first woman-owned phosphate mine, looking at IPO 
By: Martin Creamer 12th February 2024 Adelaide Ruiters has been slogging away for ten years to get the world’s first woman-owned phosphate mine up and running. Now, 2024 looks like the... →
