Barton Heyman

November 17, 2017

Africa Update: Ghana budgets $13.9bn in 2018

The Ghanaian government plans to spend 13.9 billion dollars (62 billion Ghana cedis) in the 2018 fiscal year, the country’s finance minister said on Wednesday. Presenting […]
November 17, 2017

Africa Update: Zimbabwe’s Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit, sources say

President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler and balking at mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a […]
November 17, 2017

World Update: EU’s Tusk to warn May ‘more work’ needed for Brexit deal

EU President Donald Tusk will warn British Prime Minister Theresa May at a summit in Sweden on Friday that “more work” is needed to reach a […]
November 17, 2017

Nigeria Update: NSE’s market capitalisation appreciates by N77billion

Equity transactions on the trading floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed in an upbeat yesterday, as most blue chip companies appreciated in price, causing […]