ZiG hits streets: Zimbabwe starts circulating ZiG notes among | Bloomberg
ZiG hits streets: Zimbabwe starts circulating ZiG notes among the public, a day after the central bank kept interest rates unchanged at its first meeting since unveiling the gold-backed currency. https://bloom.bg/3xYZWu8
Not out yet: Investors shouldn’t discount South Africa over continental peers as it has strong institutions that can buttress its economy if it focuses on accelerating growth, said Razia Khan, the head of Africa research at Standard Chartered Bank. https://bloom.bg/3Qovno7
KitKat program: Nestle is expanding a program that boosts the income of poor farmers in Ivory Coast supplying cocoa for KitKat bars, but which still leaves pay well short of growers’ needs. https://bloom.bg/49Tdgxm
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