- Wednesday, June 24, 2026
BusinessDay
5 and 6 years The world rose up in rage recently when it emerged that women were being paid so...
320% Nigeria’s accumulated government debt is just 18.6 per cent of its annual economic output, one of the lowest levels...
$1.25bn Egypt is to receive a second loan instalment worth $1.25 billion from the International Monetary fund Friday at the...
$98bn For many Nigerians who continue to claim that Nigeria is a rich country perhaps they should pause and consider...
50% The world is watching to see how Egypt will handle the fall out from the 50% increase in petrol...
$40 In a dramatic move at the end of last year, Opec set out to woo some of the biggest...
60% The surge in the application of solar as part of the energy mix of nations and homes is beginning...
$1bn Qatar, the small Gulf nation which its neighbours accuse of punching above its weight, is having to pay a...
138,000 US jobless rate has dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% the previous month as employers hire fresh hands but the...
0.2% The British pound is weakening and concern growing in the camp of Prime Minister Theresa May as the most...
$35bn The world’s richest people lost $35 billion last Wednesday when global equity markets were rocked by political turmoil in...
China is taking Africa, one country at a time China’s presence in Africa is often under estimated and perhaps more...
20% South Africa is close to spinning a state-owned bank out of its postal service that will lend to the...
$12.6bn Few tech investors have done as well recently as Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft chief executive who when he...
27% More American companies plan to increase their holdings of cash than plan to spend, in a reversal of sentiment...