Nigeria’s naira closed 2025 outside the list of Africa’s 10 worst performing currencies, ending nearly two years of rankings ...

Malawi, one of the world’s least developed and poorest countries, recorded Africa’s best-performing stock market in 2025, ...

Citigroup Inc. sees an increased risk of currency devaluations in Africa this year after a relatively stable 2025, as low oil ...

South Africa’s rand is poised for the biggest annual jump since 2009 as the dollar’s weakness, combined with political ...

(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 ...

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 — ...

In Africa’s modern economic landscape, currency strength is no longer just a macroeconomic statistic tucked away in central ...

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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 ...

A revamped common currency in West Africa known as the ECO will be launched in 2020, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. The ECO is supposed to replace the CFA franc which is currently ...