A general shows a view of the gas field of Siba in Basra Iraq. Reuters/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo By Reuters Iraq on Sunday invited foreign companies to bid for contracts to explore and develop natural gas reserves in 11 new blocks as the OPEC member seeks to produce much-needed natural gas for power stations and cut

By Business Daily Africa Potential investors for the proposed Kenya Airways (KQ) equity stake sale have expressed uneasiness over the national carrier’s heavy debt load, making it the biggest headache for the airline in its search for buyers. KQ managers who have undertaken several scouting missions to weigh the attraction of the company’s equity offer

Chinese workers of the China State Construction Engineering Corporation at the site of the new African Union conference centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia work/AFP By The East African Chinese firm CRJE (East Africa) Ltd has been awarded the contract to build headquarters for the African Court on Human and People’s Rights in Arusha, further establishing

Woman holds Turkish Lira banknotes in this illustration taken May 30, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Reuters Turkey’s lira weakened 0.8% to a record low on Thursday, extending losses after a heavy selloff in the previous session that was seen as a sign of the authorities easing controls on the foreign exchange market. The currency later

Kenyan financial industry players, including banks, have warned that issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may spark the collapse of an unspecified number of banks/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa Kenyan financial industry players, including banks, have warned that issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) may spark the collapse of an unspecified number of

By The East African Instability and uncertainty in Kenya’s tea industry have gone a notch higher with reports that the country is losing about $2 million every week at the tea auction in Mombasa as a result of insecurity in growing zones that has led to the suspension of operations by key producers. This coming

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud arrives for an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, June 4, 2023. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger The Telegraph By James Titcomb Saudi Arabia has announced plans to cut its oil production by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) as the Kingdom pledged to do “whatever is necessary” to

By Anadolu Agency Oil prices increased on Thursday after the US passed a bill that is anticipated to lift the US debt ceiling and limit government spending in an effort to reduce the federal deficit. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $73.34 per barrel at 09.52 a.m. local time (0652 GMT), a 1.02% rise from

By Business Daily Africa Kenya has opened talks with Uganda, DR Congo and the Republic of the Congo to build a modern railway connecting the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic in what appears to be a race with Tanzania to control cargo business into Africa’s hinterland. President William Ruto has disclosed the discussions are geared

A shopper looks at food items in a shop. Reuters/Kevin Coombs/File Photo By Reuters Britain has a bigger inflation problem than the United States or the euro zone, with both large headline price rises and growing signs of persistence in underlying pressures, Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Wednesday. Mann, who has been