Central bank digital currencies could transform global financial system Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could transform the current system of cross-border payments or, indeed, all transactions. Central bank digital currencies...

Caterpillar gears up for green energy transition, automation age Minexpo 2021 in Las Vegas was five years in the making, and like other industry gatherings taking place at the beginning...

Diamond Fields to acquire West Africa gold exploration projects Exploration and mine development company Diamond Fields Resources (TSXV: DFR) says a privately held company it intends to acquire has completed...

Botswana delivers first iron ore exports to China Botswana’s first iron ore mine, Ikongwe, has started production and delivered its maiden exports to China, a company official told Reuters on...

Diamantino Azevedo calls for persistence work for semi-industrial diamond exploration in Angola The Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas held on Friday (22), in Luanda, a meeting on semi-industrial...

What happens when the world’s key metal exchange has no metal? What happens when the London Metal Exchange runs out of metal? That’s the question the exchange is urgently trying...

IHS gets $7bn valuation in New York Africa’s biggest independent operator of mobile phone towers, IHS Towers, has launched its delayed initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock...

Credit Suisse fined $475m over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal Credit Suisse has agreed to pay almost $475m to resolve investigations into its role in Mozambique’s ‘tuna bond’ corruption scandal. A $247.5m...

Paystack Co-Founder Ezra Olubi partners with group of investors to inject $1.7 million into Brass Banking startup Leading Nigerian tech founders have partnered with investors to raise $1.7 million in...

Pharma tycoon Stephen Saad’s Aspen sells six product lines to Swiss pharmaceutical company South Africa-based Swiss pharmaceutical giant Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited has signed an agreement with the Swiss pharmaceutical...