South African Markets – Factors to watch on Jan 4

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The following scheduled equity and currency market moves may affect South African markets on Wednesday. SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS South Africa’s rand was flat on Tuesday, as investors awaited minutes from the last U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting in December for clues on its interest rate path for 2023. On the

Digital asset adoption, CBDC efforts, new laws and more: Africa’s 2022 in review

If 2021 was the year in which Africa made its mark on the digital asset and blockchain world, 2022 was the year Bitcoin and the underlying technology came of age. Digital asset adoption continued to soar despite the ‘crypto winter,’ but unlike in previous years, regulators were well up to the task, with several new laws coming

10 things that happened for the first time in African business in 2022

There’s a reason we aren’t seeing as many lofty new-year projections as we did last year. Primarily, it’s because 2022 was full of uncertainty, and it proved that, in reality, no one knows anything. But it’s also because 2022 was a year of many firsts. From trade to tech and even sports, the world saw

Ngige Tackles Obasanjo over Criticism on Buhari’s Administration – THISDAYLIVE

•Says Atiku, Obi, Tinubu, Kwankwaso good for presidency job Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige has tackled former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in his controversial New Year letter to Nigerians. The minister said the current economic problems and hardship

How prepared is Nigeria for the resurgence of COVID-19?

It’s no longer news that the dreaded killer pandemic, popularly known as COVID-19 has again reared its head in faraway China, thus throwing the global community into another frenzy. The latest outbreak, which was discovered towards the end of last year, has started generating reactions from countries around the world with some wasting no time in