Inside Africa

Niger government has unlocked access to an additional loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following a staff-level agreement on the ninth review of the country’s economic program supported by the Extended Credit Facility.

The South African Rand weakened across the board, trading lower against the US dollar, the Euro and the British pound, on Tuesday as gold, the country’s major export earner, came under pressure.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is set for a softer opening following a sluggish prior close, with Asian markets broadly lower and Tencent down 0.46%, offering a slightly negative read-through for Naspers and Prosus.

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