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2024-04-30 16:03:10
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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19.2K views13:03
2024-04-30 07:41:29
HSBC CEO Noel Quinn is unexpectedly stepping down, and the lender has started a search for a successor. More here: https://bloom.bg/3Qpny1l
: Lam Yik/Bloomberg
15.7K views04:41
2024-04-29 16:25:58
Zambia mines: Vedanta Resources has approached trading houses as it seeks to raise capital to revive the Konkola copper mining and smelting complex in Zambia. https://bloom.bg/4dl4cEC
Family dynasty: Togo President Faure Gnassingbé is set to secure power for life if his party retains a majority in elections this week, cementing a West African dynasty as the region tilts away from democracy. https://bloom.bg/3wbzEUY
El Niño floods: More than 100 people have been killed in mudslides and floods in Kenya as heavy rainfall caused by El Niño weather conditions hit the East African nation. https://bloom.bg/3JCdAFU
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18.3K views13:25
2024-04-26 20:16:32
BREAKING: King Charles III will return to public-facing duties next week for the first time since revealing his cancer diagnosis in February. Read more here: https://trib.al/gp7etMx
: Chris Jackson/Getty Images
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2024-04-25 16:52:01
Big deal: BHP proposes a takeover of Anglo American that values the smaller miner at $38.9 billion, a deal that would create the world’s top copper producer and spark the industry’s biggest shakeup in over a decade. https://bloom.bg/4b5lvYN
Tech matters: Lawyers hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo have questioned Apple about the use of conflict minerals in their supply chain sourced from the country. https://bloom.bg/3JzOYh6
First fall: Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency the ZiG weakens for the first time since its debut earlier this month. https://bloom.bg/49NmHOZ
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15.3K views13:52
2024-04-24 16:45:38
Naira drops: Nigeria’s currency plunged, heading for its worst four-day losing streak since the naira was devalued in January as domestic dollar liquidity evaporated. https://bloom.bg/3vX9LrX
Green insurance: The World Bank is advising South Africa’s National Treasury on a climate risk strategy after floods in recent years caused billions of dollars of damage. https://bloom.bg/4aR7IF4
Chocolate crisis: Cocoa resumed gains in New York, with prices the most volatile in almost five decades amid uncertainty over a historic supply crunch. https://bloom.bg/4d5ATpr
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18.7K views13:45
2024-04-24 06:33:20
BREAKING: The US Senate has voted to ban TikTok’s ownership by Chinese parent ByteDance. This now sets the stage for a constitutional clash over whether the prohibition deprives US users of their First Amendment free speech rights. https://bloom.bg/44h4ybc
: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
12.6K views03:33
2024-04-24 05:40:01
BREAKING: The Senate passed a long-delayed $95 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine and other besieged US allies, clearing the way for resumed arms shipments to Kyiv within days. https://bloom.bg/49WnDjP
: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg
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2024-04-23 14:45:19
Index rally erased: Zimbabwe’s new currency, the ZiG, has wiped out a gain of more than 330% on the nation's main stock market this year, leaving investors dealing with the fallout. https://bloom.bg/4b8oxLa
Surprise tax: A high-stakes standoff between Congo and the country’s biggest telecom operators ended with the companies paying an extra $5.8 million a month to the government. https://bloom.bg/4d3nLB7
Set sail: An Egyptian wheat ship has been allowed to sail after waiting three weeks for the correct paperwork, as a dispute between one of Russia’s top grain traders and a local regulator continues to disrupt exports. https://bloom.bg/3WgVzVv
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16.7K views11:45
2024-04-22 15:20:52
Change of plans: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledges his longstanding promise to send deportation flights to Rwanda by the spring has fallen by the wayside, and now the first flight is set to take off in July. https://bloom.bg/49OWRKq
Weight-loss drugs: Africa’s biggest drugmaker could potentially help ease a growing supply crunch for the world’s hottest obesity medications. https://bloom.bg/4aZJIQd
Oil findings: Galp’s shares jump after the Portuguese oil company says a well test “potentially” indicates Mopane could be an important commercial find in Namibia. https://bloom.bg/4aItPxn
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20.6K views12:20