World’s worst-performing currencies: Ghana’s cedi, as Nigeria’s naira, SA’s rand also struggle

Ghana’s cedi slumped over the last three days to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital into the West African country. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated as much as 3.3%, which took its losses this year to more than 45%, the most among 148 […]

Future-proofing Africa’s food supply through greener production, less waste — PwC report

With sustainability concerns being increasingly understood and recognized across Africa, a new report by the professional services firm PwC calls on stakeholders across the continent to see to implement policies encouraging greener food production methods and the avoidance of food waste. These are required to future-proof Africa’s food supply and to meet the expected future […]

Washington re-iterates support for Egypt despite poor human rights record

US Secretary Of State John Kerry announced Sunday in Cairo the normalization of relation with Cairo despite a long spell of confusion following the overthrow of first democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi and the poor human right record of al-Sisi regime. At a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukri, Secretary of State […]