A journalist’s account of last week’s election in Zimbabwe and the violence, misinformation and divisions that have bedevilled the country since then

Ethiopia and Eritrea have found peace after 20 years, making prospects for introduction of sweeping democratic reforms more promising

As Zimbabwe prepares for its election, details about the state of its economy and the availability of currency paint a grim picture

The Nigerian cement king’s latest project is to build the world’s largest oil refinery

The proliferation of innovation centres to support start-ups on the continent is driven by rising mobile and internet penetration

The race for the Zimbabwean presidency is being fought not only between established and new political parties but also within parties themselves

Crafts and curios still provide an income for large numbers of people in SA and elsewhere in Africa

To combat unemployment, the government has allowed miners to exploit dangerous sites — with deadly results

South Africans looking to invest in shares in other African countries need to do so through specific fund managers — investing in individual shares ...

African stock exchanges provided high returns not long ago, but investors now have to contend with a sell-off in emerging-market stocks

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange is up 34.06% in just one quarter

Optimism about the dispensation introduced under Emmerson Mnangagwa is fading amid a cash crunch that has hit the pockets of consumers