…unprecedented crisis could push up to 60million into extreme poverty
The World Bank Group has announced its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) have reached...
As the COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on African health systems and their economies, African governments are staking a claim for debt relief or...
As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies, its full toll on agriculture is yet to be reckoned more fully. The restrictions on movement...
The Nigerian naira is seen weakening in the days ahead on the back of accumulated demand, while the Kenyan shilling could steady as importer...
Many are calling for a temporary moratorium on all debt repayments by developing and emerging economies, in order to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic from...
• Global trade values fell 3% in the first quarter of 2020
• An estimated quarter-on-quarter decline of 27% is expected in the second quarter
• ...
Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with...
The COVID-19 crisis is now widely seen as the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression. In January, the IMF expected global income to...
Having already been buffeted by two big shocks in the last ten years, the global economy’s highly interconnected wiring is suffering a third because...
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday said its executive board has approved $739 million in emergency financing to help Kenya respond to the economic...