Economic and Finance

A family in Virginia went out with their car to refresh themselves from the lockdown by enjoying some nature and found two bags on the road containing around $1 million in cash. Emily and David Shantz of Caroline County, along with their kids, left their house last weekend and drove over what they believed was a bag of garbage, then stopped and picked it up,...

  It’s now over ten years since the mysterious figure, or figures, hiding behind the name Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the Bitcoin to the world. In the time since then, cryptocurrencies have started to spring up with incredible frequency with many already falling by the wayside and others emerging as clear leaders. In the latter group, there’s Bitcoin, of course, along with Ripple, Ethereum and Litecoin. It...

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism has stressed the need for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to take the packaging process of their products seriously as one way of attracting people to utilize the Buy Malawi Strategy. Public Relations Officer for the ministry, Mayeso Msokera told Malawi News Agency (Mana) on Tuesday that local producers in the country are failing to penetrate the market due...

Zambia has legalized the production and export of cannabis for economic and medicinal purposes, the government’s chief spokeswoman said on Monday, becoming the latest country to shift its position on the drug to give its finances a boost. The approval for the export of cannabis was granted at a special cabinet meeting on Dec. 4, spokeswoman Dora Siliya said in a statement. It was not...

Rwanda has built its first-ever gold refinery at to process gold from all over Africa and halt raw minerals from leaving the continent. The ‘land of a thousand hills’ has set up its first-ever gold refinery with a capacity to process gold from around Africa.#iLoveRwanda🇷🇼 Pointing out that Africa loses a lot of revenue by exporting raw resources, Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry said, "This...