12/04/2020
Covid-19: CDC cautions Americans against travelling to East Africa
“Travel may increase your chance of getting and spreading Covid-19,” the CDC said in a statement on its website.
12/04/2020
“Travel may increase your chance of getting and spreading Covid-19,” the CDC said in a statement on its website.
12/03/2020
The Banker is a member of the Financial Times Group renowned for being one of the trusted sources of global banking information.
12/02/2020
That follows restrictions in the second quarter that shuttered everything but essential services.
11/18/2020
Over 4,500 delegates from across the globe including Government Officials, Governors and Executive Directors of the Bank Group, the Bank’s Senior Management, and leading experts and heads of institutions tuned in to the lecture.
11/17/2020
The former UK prime minister addressed a virtual audience on the topic Building Back Better in Post COVID-19 Africa: The Role of Technology and Governance, as part of the Kofi A. Annan Lecture Series
11/12/2020
Chioke said data from Bitcoin promoters in the country have shown that Nigeria recently overtook the United States as the country with the most downloads of the Bitcoin wallet.
11/11/2020
But there’s little demand for state-backed loan guarantee scheme.
11/04/2020
The continent must now navigate economic recovery while building resilience to future shocks.
11/04/2020
The Sh1.3 trillion industry is facing its toughest test with some schemes reporting defaults by employers
10/28/2020
While the big banks have been affected by the pandemic, they still have liquidity and strong capital levels and should not need to raise capital as a result of the impact of COVID-19.
10/28/2020
While the rand is near its best level since March and bond yields have recovered from a blowout when a virus lockdown started, the generic 10-year yield remains above 9%, suggesting a risk premium is still priced in on the country’s debt.
10/20/2020
The government, led by President John Pombe Magufuli is planning on building economic resilience, while mitigating the socio-economic and health impacts of the pandemic, particularly on local businesses, vulnerable households and the country’s healt
10/20/2020
"If you don't have your mortgage payment on April 1, why in the world would you have $6,000 on June 23?" the borrower posed in the interview with Reuters.
10/15/2020
Brand Finance has assessed the impact of Covid-19 based on the effect of the outbreak on enterprise value, compared to what it was on 1 January 2020.
10/12/2020
Continent has fared better health-wise than others, but its economies are suffering
10/08/2020
This is as one in five will need a psychiatrist at some point in their lifetime. Medical tourism, which costs Nigeria over $1 billion annually, is another outcome of the poor state of healthcare in the country.
10/04/2020
From virtually all quarters it is accepted that Africa is back in the red after decades of being in the black.
09/23/2020
Through the AfDB-Government of South Sudan project, 376 healthcare workers have been trained in COVID-19 case management; surveillance is being scaled up and coordination strengthened at the sub-national level.
09/23/2020
The report attributed the 20.5% rise in debt from June 2019 to new borrowing for "countering the economic distress brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic."
09/22/2020
A new breed of digital banks, without physical branches, say they have had a boost due to the pandemic.