Côte dIvoire has been awarded a US$149mn grant by the EU to support efforts to bring stability back to the country
Economy
Boosting Africa's job sector - The Investment Climate Facility
ICF’s chief executive Omari Issa and its chair of the 10-strong board of Trustees, Neville Isdal, speak on how ICF can transform the African job sector and boost economies
Iweala-Okonjo’s transformation agenda
Nigeria is well on the path to fiscal stability, according to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s co-ordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance
Africa’s unstable labour market
More than 60 per cent of people across the African continent are engaged in low-paying, unpredictable and informal jobs, which offer little security, according to the claims of a new report
FX prudence "vital" despite BRIC nations boosting African currency
After decades of stagnation, trade between Africa and the rest of world is finally booming. But it is the fast-growing BRICs (Brazil, India, Russia & China) who are the main drivers of this recent surge, rather than the more developed western nations writes Alistair Cotton, senior analyst at Currencies Direct