Nigeria's central bank has sold $148 million in foreign exchange to 29 authorised dealer banks in the spot market to ease demand pressure, it said this Friday.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said this Friday it offered Morocco two loans each worth 120 million euros ($130 million) to finance an industrial zone in a northeastern port and to improve economic governance in the country.
Angola’s new Cabinda crude oil refinery is on track to start up later this year before ramping up to full first phase production of 30 000 barrels a day by July next year, the plant’s Chief Executive Marcelo Hofke said this Thursday.
Ghana's central bank held its main interest rate steady at 29% for the third meeting in a row this Friday, saying a strong monetary stance was needed due to uncertainty over the inflation outlook.
Standard Chartered Bank is interested in financing Uganda's planned Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a statement from President Yoweri Museveni's office said, after the project failed to secure credit from China.
Kenyan and Ugandan shilling are expected to be stable against the Dollar in the next week to Thursday, while Ghana's cedi and Zambia's kwacha are seen weakening and Nigeria's Naira could strengthen, traders said.
Egypt raised the prices of a wide range of fuel products this Thursday, the official gazette said, four days before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) conducts a third review of its expanded $8 billion loan programme for the country.