Empire
Nigeria retains lending rate at 14% despite rise in inflation
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
PE-backed IPOs in Africa remain flat but impressive
Africa needs investments. The continent’s widely known potential for growth needs to…
Bank of Ghana keeps benchmark rate at 17%
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained its policy interest rate at…
Coca Cola is buying out its fruit juice competitor in Nigeria
Coca-cola has a three-year plan to completely take over its juice competitor…
President Ramaphosa has a plan to bring South Africa out of recession
On 4 September, South Africa slipped into recession for the first time…
Culture Currents
Nigerian writer Teju Cole Joins Havard
Award winning writer, Teju Cole has joined Harvard University’s Department of English…
Tanzania’s President wants its women to become breeding machines
A letter written by a senior official at the ministry covering health…
Igniting public space at the Chale Wote street art festival in Accra
For the past eight years at the end of every August the…
Elnathan John’s Born on a Tuesday Reveals The Under Representation of A Complex Northern Nigeria
“At first some things seem like a joke. I hear stories of…
After its success in South Africa, Comic Con may become an African thing
Africa’s first Comic Con expo which sold out took place at the…
Swahili will now be taught in South African classrooms. Will West Africa join the train?
Kiswahili, the lingua franca of East and Central Africa, will now be…
