12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (344+ words) Zambia's central bank, the Bank of Zambia, reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points (bp) to 13. 25%on Wednesday, markingthe lowest level since April 2024, and the third drop since "November 2025's easing cycle," an Oxford Economics Africareport revealed." This caused inflation…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (433+ words) South Africa's already disastrous unemployment rate has slumped again, reaching 32. 7% in the first quarter of 2026, Tuesday's Quarterly Labor Force Survey (QLFS) from Stats SA revealed. That marks a 1. 3% deficit to Q4 2025, a period in which employment rose by 44, 000. Since then, South…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (418+ words) We're helping the government cut interest costs and rethink how public debt is placed." Joaquim Bazar, the founder and CEO of'Amaramba Capital Dealer. In a country with vast untapped potential, Amaramba Capital Dealer (ACD) is reshaping the very boundaries of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (544+ words) The biggest gainer on Forbes" list of Africa"s richest people this year, Abdulsamad Rabiu, is doubling down on processing, producing at scale and keeping more value on the continent. For Abdulsamad Rabiu, the past year has been more about…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (272+ words) The consumer confidence index "collapsed" to its lowest point in more than a decade, the Conference Board think tank reported Tuesday, as pessimistic views of the economy and labor market appeared to spread among Americans. An earlier survey of Americans…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (618+ words) There are enough stories of people moving from accounting roles to carpentry, marketing to bricklaying and project management to electrical work, with blue-collar work looking like an increasingly smart choice. It is not so much that office environments are on…...