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Pakistan’s target of 3.5% GDP in 2023-24 fiscal year “realistic” – finance minister

A salesman looks at a television screen showing the Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presenting the budget for the 2023/24 fiscal year in the parliament in Islamabad, at a shop…

Youth involvement key in Cooperatives Bill to ensure continuity

Opportunities for youth. By Khulile Thwala The Department of Cooperatives under the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Trade identified gaps in the archaic piece of legislation, the Cooperatives Societies Act…

Shares stroll higher on June hike hiatus hopes

A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying various countries’ stock price index outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo By Stella Qiu and Lawrence White SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters)…

Dollar hits more than two-month high as European inflation cools

A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao By Harry Robertson and Kevin Buckland LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose strongly on Wednesday…

Shares drop ahead of US debt ceiling vote; China data rattles nerves

Men walk past an electric board displaying Nikkei and other countries’ indexes outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – Global shares fell on…

Uganda says 2023/24 GDP growth to reach 6%

Ugandan business people are seen at a market with their merchandises for sale at Mpondwe border that separates Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Mpondwe, Uganda. REUTERS/James Akena/File…

South Africa’s Tiger Brands says power cuts set to squeeze income

A Tiger Brands beverage production facility is seen in Germiston, South Africa November. REUTERS/James Oatway JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s biggest food producer Tiger Brands said on Tuesday its annual…

Inyatsi’s success and dominance glows in 11 African countries

Inyatsi Group of companies Chairman Michelo Shakantu. By Ntombi Mhlongo The African Giant, Inyatsi Construction, under the Multinational Inyatsi Group Holdings, is indeed living up to its vision of being…

Dollar drifts as traders weigh rocky path for US debt ceiling deal

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 10, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar eased on Tuesday against a basket of…

South African rand flat but market nervous after last week’s record low

A street money changer counts South African Rands in Harare, Zimbabwe. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African rand was broadly flat in early trade on Monday, but market…