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    Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year
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    A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
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      23 Nov 2022

    Source: Reuters.
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    Source: Reuters/Francis Kokoroko
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      20 Oct 2022

    Source: Supplied. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist.
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    Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.
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    Source: Freepik.com
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    It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential
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    Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says
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      14 Apr 2022

    Source: iStock
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    Ghana traders close shops to protest worsening economy

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    Source: Supplied. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the International Monetary Fund's chief economist.
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    Source: Reuters/Jeenah Moon. A view of the New York City skyline of Manhattan and the Hudson River.
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    Food, fuel shortages hit Tunisian shops
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     29 Apr 2022

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    It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential
    It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential

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    Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says
    Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

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    Source: iStock
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    Source: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Illustration
    South Africa's rand recovers

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    Source: © Dmitry Kalinovsky
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    Nigeria launches digital currency to enhance payments

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    Source: ©Francesco Remolo
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    West African leaders and officials stand for a photo at the Ecowas extraordinary summit on terrorism in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Reuters/Anne Mimault
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    This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s budget. Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images
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