Africa

Covid-19’s impact has not been as great in Africa as on other continents. But governments are still looking for ways to return to rapid growth. 

Once hailed as a game-changer for the impoverished, microlenders are falling behind in the digital race while online lenders and commercial banks poach their turf.

With an election looming, Ghana’s economy grapples with a pandemic, falling oil revenues, a nagging fiscal deficit and the imperative to diversify.

Emerging and developing economies will likely be hardest hit by Covid-19. Rebuilding will require addressing preexisting conditions as well as the new ones.

Bitcoin technology finds another practical use.

Rwanda faces its past and securing post-pandemic economic growth.

Allegations of corruption and nepotism dog Malawi's new president.

Google wants to solve Kenya's 5G problem while most Kenyans would be happy to get 3G.

NPLs in Africa are three times higher than the global median.

African banks delivered some of the world’s highest returns on equity last year, but current factors make a repeat performance unlikely.

Financial services is fueling expansion, but fiscal woes and terrorism are keeping foreign investors at bay.

As the number of physical banks in Africa diminishes, can existing institutions keep up with rising demand and the challenge of digital banking?

African nations are doing away with a relic of the colonial era.

Gabon is cleaning its fiscal house, and hopes to prove it can be more than just an oil producer.

Mauritius is betting that political stability and free-market reforms will vault it into the ranks of high-income nations. But first, it needs more foreign investment.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is defying expectations, bringing peace, and reviving Ethiopia's economy.

Some African nations may face a debt crisis if their economic growth stagnates.

A revolution overthrew the country's dictator, clearing the way for political and economic reform.

Nigeria's central bank is trying to get the private sector moving.

An outsider takes over in Tunisia.