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An interconnected global economy is feeling the strain of China’s viral outbreak -- and the potential $160 billion hit in lost growth that may be on the way.In New Zealand, a bath furnishings seller told a customer that the German-designed shower head he ordered is unavailable -- because the factory in Shanghai is closed. ...
The government of Botswana announced on Friday that it was investigating its first suspected case of coronavirus. Botswana’s ministry of...
SA has activated the emergency operations centre at the National Institutes of Communicable Disease (NICD) and stepped up surveillance for the new respiratory illness that emerged in China earlier in January, but has no immediate plans to impose travel restrictions or repatriate its citizens, health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Friday....
We discuss the ongoing impact on markets from China’s deadly outbreak...
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy has dropped out of the top five countries where the International Finance Corporation maintains investment portfolios....
MTN Group Ltd. is looking to raise as much as 60 billion rand ($4 billion) from an extended asset-sale plan, with stakes in a major towers business and the carrier’s Nigerian unit among those earmarked for sale....
Africa’s economic growth is forecast to rise to about 4% this year and next from 3.4% in 2019, driven by infrastructure investments and natural resource exports, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday. ...
The World Health Organization declared on Thursday that the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak was a global health emergency, acknowledging that the disease now represents a risk beyond China, where it emerged last month....
Telecommunications firm MTN says it will invest $1.6 billion in Nigeria after it resolved a major legal case with the government in its biggest market. ...
Moroccan banks will offer loans for small and medium sized enterprises and young entrepreneurs at interest rates of not more...