Monday, December 23, 2024
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO Watsa

Fairfax Said to Raise About $500 Million for New Africa Fund

Canadian insurer sold stock via IPO on the Toronto bourse Fairfax had aimed to raise as much as $1 billion for fund     Prem Watsa’s...
Zimbabweans wait to withdraw money.Photographer: Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

‘Death Spiral’ Looms for Zimbabwe Economy as Cash Runs Out

Cash shortage leaves account holders unable to access funds Bond notes issuance a disaster, economic professor says Zimbabwe’s crippling cash shortage has left a...
Nana-Addo

Moody’s Says Ghana Deficit Will Heighten Currency Volatility

Country seeks to finalize audit of budget arrears by Feb. 15 Discovery of unpaid spending is credit negative, Moody’s Says   Ghana’s worse-than-expected budget deficit...

Nigeria Says Will Make Overdue Payments to Ex-militants in Niger Delta

Nigeria will soon pay all the overdue cash stipends it owes former militants who signed up for an amnesty in 2009 in the Niger...
GE

GE Proposes Investing in Nigeria’s ailing Oil Refineries

General Electric Co has proposed investing in Nigeria's oil refineries, potentially convening a consortium of companies to improve capacity at the run-down facilities.   GE's plan...
Nana Akufo Addo, Ghana president

Ghana Finds a $1.6 Billion Hole in Budget

Amount uncovered in preparing 2017 budget, vice president says IMF had warned that nation will probably miss deficit target   Ghana’s budget deficit could be...
Nana-Addo, Ghana President

Ghana Eyes 1.5 Million Jobs in Farming Push for More Food

Country seeks to cut reliance on food imports, says official Ghana to raise annual cocoa output to more than 1 million tons Ghana targets...
Andrew, chairman, Cros Agro

Cros Agro Invests in Potato, Coffee, Ginger Farms in Kaduna

Cros Agro Allied Ltd, a BlackPace company is making huge strategic investment in potato, oil palm, cocoa and ginger production to create employment opportunities...
Shell Nigeria

Nigeria Tells Shell, Eni to Temporarily Cede Oil Field Control

A Nigerian court has ordered Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Eni SpA to cede control of a jointly owned oil license to the government...
Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria

Fitch Downgrades Nigerian Rating Outlook on Dollar Shortages

Lack of foreign currency hampering West African economy Low government revenue poses risk to debt sustainability   Fitch Ratings Ltd. revised the outlook on Nigeria...
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