South Africa's central bank and government launched a deposit insurance fund on Thursday that will protect individual customer cash deposits up to 100 000 rand ($5,267) from any bank failure.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is pushing Apple Inc for information about its supply chain over concerns it may be tainted with conflict minerals sourced from the country, international lawyers engaged by DRC said this Thursday.
BW Energy has postponed the final investment decision (FID) on its long-delayed Kudu gas-to-power project in Namibia to 2025, two company sources said on Thursday.
Nigeria's oil regulator this Thursday clarified that recent changes to fuel sulphur content standards for diesel are part of a regional harmonisation effort, not a relaxation of regulations for local refineries.
Inflation in key African economies will slow into next year but remain stubbornly high in Nigeria due to sporadic flooding and difficult terrain for the naira currency, a Reuters poll found.
The British Multinational mining company Anglo American has confirmed an unsolicited conditional merger proposal from the world's largest mining house the BHP Group.
BHP Group said it made an offer to buy London-listed miner Anglo American, valuing its share capital at $38.84 billion, a deal that would create the world's biggest copper miner with around 10% of global output.