CBK Governor Kamau Thugge said that CBK's interventions in the foreign exchange market were aimed at smoothing out volatility, not manipulating the shilling's exchange rate for trade advantage.

As Africa navigates the outcomes of key elections in 2024 and 2025, as well as geopolitical realignments on the back of ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on world leaders to ensure that the multilateral trading system is “strengthened” in the face of uncertain economic times. The President was delivering remarks at ...

The United States flagged rampant bribe requests and extortion of American investors by Kenyan government officials in a ...

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. EVENTS: Rwanda’s statistics office ...

The Ministry of Interior established a transformative initiative aimed at involving women, youth, and marginalised ...

Countries with high debt payments all hit with tariffs No benefit from falling price of dollar Borrowing costs increasing ...

New data from the World Health Organization reveals that many governments’ public funding of health care falls short of what ...

African nations that faced some of the steepest reciprocal tariffs from the Trump administration were given a moment of ...

The IMF's Alert Line at + 1 (202) 623-9999 also relates emergency or weather-related decisions concerning the IMF's Washington Headquarters. Staff wishing to report an incident of staff misconduct ...

ClearBridge International Growth Fund earns an Average Process Pillar rating. The most significant contributor to the rating is the fund's strong long-term risk-adjusted performance. This can be ...

Mortgage-backed securities expert David Betanzos came off the management roster of American Funds Bond Fund of America and veteran generalist investor John Queen joined on March 1, 2025.