AfDB finances study on economic crunch impact in Botswana (2010-09-02 14:33:30)

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) The African Development Bank (AfDB) is reported to have granted Botswana funds in the region of US$ 288,800 to undertake research on the world economic crunch impact on the country’s economy starting 8 June 2011, APA has learnt here on Thursday.

   Malawi apex bank calls for low banking fees (2010-09-02 13:00:48)

APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) The Reserve Bank Governor of Malawi (RBM), Governor Perks Ligoya, on Thursday appealed to the microfinance institutions not to overcharge their clients when providing banking services.

  Index, market capitalisation dip at Nigerian bourse as exchange crisis in persists (2010-09-02 08:00:30)

APA - Lagos (Nigeria) The crisis in the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) impacted negatively on the volume of shares traded on Wednesday in Lagos with a total of 254.64 million shares worth N2.11 billion (about U$140 million exchanged in 7,165 deals.

  Kaberuka begins five-year tenure as AfDB president (2010-09-01 13:58:40)

APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, on Wednesday begins his second five-year mandate at Africa’s foremost development bank.

  Afreximbank extends US$100mn to cash-strapped Zimbabwean firms (2010-08-31 10:13:44)

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Monday extended a US$100 million credit facility to Zimbabwe to help the country’s cash-strapped private sector recover from a decade-long economic crisis.