Accra, Ghana (PANA) - ECOWAS and the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) are set to launch a trade facilitation support project to address the barriers militating against intra-community trade to enable the region realise its full trade potentials and benefits. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A professor at the International University of Brazzaville, Congo, Ignace Kissangou, has deplored Africa’s weak system of industrialization, saying "this has undermined the true emergence of the continent". Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for CFA in the central African States: Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Comoran franc: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the latest exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Rwandan franc against major foreign currencies for Thursday as issued in Kigali by the central bank of Rwanda. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Central African Franc: Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Libya have agreed to strengthen ties, saying they will explore means of investing in the industrial sector, Moroccan Minister of Industry, Trade and new technologies, Abdelkader Amar, and his Libyan counterpart, Suleiman Ali Latif al-Faytouri said Wednesday in a joint statement. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Delegates at the third African economists conference under way in Dakar have called for more involvement of researchers and academics in the continent's development policies. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the latest exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – About 150 economists on Wednesday began the third conference of African economists in Dakar on the theme "Industrialization and economic emergence in Africa". Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Following are the foreign exchange rates Wednesday for the Rwandan CFA Franc: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis: Full text...

Réduit, Mauritius (PANA) - President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Kanayo Nwanze has said investing in small producers in Africa, most of whom are women, is the most sustainable way to bring about a transformation of the rural economy. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Although the Kenyan telecommunications market appears to remain stagnant between 2012 and 2017 in US dollar terms, it will actually grow steadily in local currency terms as operators jostle for market share, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, on Tuesday said the government plans to cut the huge budget deficit for 2012 said to be about 12.1 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Small-scale and artisanal mining, a sector that governments and development agencies often see as only as a problem, could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according to researchers at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for Rwandan Franc: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A rainstorm on Monday night cut off public power supply to Nigeria's main gateway Murtala Muhammed International Airport in the economic capital city of Lagos, delaying departing and arriving flights, according to the spokesman for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Yakubu Dati. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the CFA in central Africa: Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and Morocco will enter into a new free-trade agreement, aimed at enhancing closer economic integration between the African nation and the EU single market, according to a press statement issued here Tuesday by the European Commission. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Third Congress of African Economists will start in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, under the theme: "Industrialisation and economic emergence in Africa," Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - About eight years after Nigeria paid off its external debt, the debt has now risen to US$6.5 billion, while domestic debt stands at 6.5 trillion naira (US$1=155 Naira), according to the Debt Management Office (DMO). Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Monday donated US$ 950,000 towards the reinforcement of the institutional capacities of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), with headquarters in Lome, Togo. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), will meet 26 March in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, under the chairmanship of Botswana's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Phandu Skelemani, whose country is currently holding the chairmanship of the ACP, PANA learnt from official sources here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Monday's forex rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D). Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Comoran franc: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Rwandan franc: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With oil theft and sabotage leading to lost production and costing Nigeria some US$6 billion annually, the Managing Director of the Nigerian subsidiary of Anglo/Dutch company, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu, has threatened to shut down the company's operations in Nigeria over rising cases of oil theft. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting in Kenya's first election in five years under a modernised constitution kicked off Monday to elect a new President, 47 Senators and an equal number of governors for the first time in the nations electoral history. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are the last foreign exchange rates in Nigeria for the week: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, The Dalasis (D): Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Zambian Kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) the independent National Regulatory Authority for the telecommunications industry, has imposed a fine of 22 million Naira (US$ 142,000) on four major telecommunications operators for contravening the ban on promotions and lotteries. Full text...