Ghana recorded a 6.7 per cent GDP growth in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the 5.4 per cent recorded in 2018. Collins Appiah, Economic Advisor at Services Integrity Savings and Loans joins CNBC Africa for more.

Plagued by eight exhausting years of financial crisis, millions of Greeks are unable to pay off their loans. But there are also those who don't want to, as Anthee Carassava reports from Athens.

Ogun SME's development - state disburses N600m from BoI revolving loans.

South African students march through the Johannesburg city centre to the Chamber of Mines, saying they will only stop protesting when the government gives in to their demands for free further education.

Monica Malik, chief economist at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, discusses the influx of $4B in short-term loans to banks by the central bank, the stresses in the Saudi banking system and the prospect for further measures.