Category: Business News

Instagram and Facebook users will now be able to pay for a blue tick verification, parent company Meta has announced. Meta Verified will cost $11.99 (£9.96) a month on web,…

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down after nine years in the role. In a blog post, she said she had “decided to start a new chapter focused on my…

Two miners who went missing after a mine collapsed in Australia have died. Dylan Langridge, 33, and Trevor Davis, 36, were driving 125m (410ft) underground in Queensland’s Dugald River mine…

Energy prices may have jumped to unprecedented highs, but for France’s state-controlled power company EDF 2022 was a miserable year with record annual losses of €17.9bn (£16bn). A price cap…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the country’s central bank to release the old 200 naira banknotes back into circulation and run concurrently with the new ones till 10 April.…

Ghana’s inflation rate has fallen – albeit slightly – for the first time in 19 months, official statistics show. The inflation rate in January was 53.6%, compared with 54.1% in…

Two commercial banks have reportedly been set on fire during riots in Warri city in southern Nigeria over the scarcity of cash following the central bank’s controversial decision to scrap…

India’s markets regulator has confirmed that it is investigating allegations made by Hindenburg Research against companies owned by multi-billionaire Gautam Adani. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) also…

Air India has ordered 470 new aircraft – a record for the aviation industry – as the carrier pushes to become a bigger global player. Chairman N Chandrasekaran said the…

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says he donated around $1.95bn (£1.6bn) worth of shares in his electric carmaker to charity last year. The donation of 11.6 million shares was described…