Africa's biggest telecoms operator MTN Group on Monday reported a 72.3% tumble in full-year profit as a sharp devaluation in the Nigerian Naira pushed its biggest unit MTN Nigeria to a loss.
Nigeria this Friday said it will oblige companies to disclose their eco-friendly practices and how they manage the effects of climate change in their financial reporting within four years or face sanctions.
Record cocoa prices and markets whipped around by inflation and geopolitics helped hedge funds using systematic strategies outperform their peers in the first quarter, according to industry players and investors.
A nationwide strike by doctors has severely disrupted services at several government hospitals, already under strain from shortages of medicines and equipment.
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) says that the passing of Markus Jooste does not have an impact on its ongoing investigation relating to Steinhoff.
Nigeria's Naira firmed to 1,312.51 per dollar during mid-day trades this Friday, LSEG data showed, after the central bank said late on Wednesday it had cleared its entire verified foreign exchange backlog.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich this Friday declared 800 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land, in a move that will facilitate the use of the ground for settlement building.