The World Economic Forum, with support from the Government of the United Arab Emirates, along with more than 20 corporate and research partners in the food sector, launched today the First Movers Coalition for Food. The initiative uses the combined…
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Emerging markets are gearing up for their biggest election year in decades, with investors focused on fiscal discipline and populist shifts that could stir markets and blur the outlook for some key economies. Countries home to more than half the…
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South African private sector activity shrank in December as companies signalled a greater impact on business amid the gridlock problems afflicting the country’s ports, a survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to…
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The BRICS group will double its membership on January 1, as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and Ethiopia join the alliance, South Africa’s envoy to the bloc has confirmed, according to a Bloomberg report. The five existing members of…
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ABUJA, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves dipped to a six-year low of $32.87 billion at the end of December, data showed on Friday, as the central bank sold dollars to try to prop up the ailing naira…
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