Intra-country trade in 10 key African countries remains difficult amid currency volatility and international capital flight, as business struggle to find the foreign currency, most notably the dollar, needed to pay for imports, according to the 2023 Standard Bank Africa Trade Barometer (ATB). The key finding in the study conducted by Standard Bank, Africa’s largest […]
As Cameroon approaches its presidential election due to be held on 12 October, fears are mounting over growing political repression, widespread insecurity, and a fractured opposition — all of which threaten the credibility of the vote. The 92-year-old President Paul Biya, Africa’s longest-ruling leader, is seeking an unprecedented eighth term in office. Despite mounting calls […]
Hundreds of Moroccan and American business people are meeting in the Moroccan capital as of this Tuesday to participate in the Business Development Conference, established to foster economic exchanges between the two countries. This private sector complement to the third Morocco-US Strategic Dialogue, launched since 2012, will focus on renewable energy, manufacturing, automotive industry and […]
