Kenya created a reputation by being a front runner of financial inclusion due to its quick legitimation of a mobile payment system, allowing individuals to make payments on their cellphones.
On Friday, Mexican infrastructure and miner company Grupo Mexico stated that seven cargo train derailments were caused as a result of sabotage and would leave a $16M loss.
Major US-media outlets including the Chicago Tribune and LA Times were forced to close their websites down in some parts of Europe, following the new privacy regulations.
Ex-Panama president Ricardo Martinelli, still in Miami jail on spying charges awaits for extradition to his country of origin, stated in a letter unveiled on Friday.
On Saturday, The National Australia Bank experienced a nationwide technological system crash, leaving its customers unable to withdraw money or access banking services.
Night time landings on the China's first aircraft carrier have been carried out by Chinese fighter pilots, the most recent demonstration of Beijing to upgrade its military forces.
China is in the process of investigating previous chairman of a state-owned company Bright Food Group for a possible graft, the anti-corruption watchdog said.
Audi Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler claimed that affair of diesel emissions was not over, thus promised to remain at the wheel of the German based luxury car maker.
Poland wants Romania to be part of the Schengen border control-free travel area, the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says.
China and Oman on Friday announced the establishment of strategic cooperation between the two nations.
British and Spanish warships arrived in Israel to hold a joint naval exercise with Israel, the Israeli military says.
The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is more confident about saving the nuclear agreement after talks with the other parties on Friday.
On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron found a common reason in their mutual unease at the US President Donald Trump's actions on Iran.
The US government has made an agreement to set Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp back to the business, which was told to lawmakers by the Trump administration on Friday.
Washington, DC's airport authority is going to lead a holiday-shortened workweek in the US municipal bond market by issuing $578M in refunding bonds, heading towards the capital projects.
Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen met a Russian oligarch with connections to the Kremlin not more than 14 days before Trump's inauguration for a president, a source said on Friday.
New purchases for key US-made capital goods accelerated more than expected and shipments rebounded in the month of April, indicating an average pick-up in business spending.
US federal government moves to discuss steel import quotas together with their allies in return for tariff exemptions, which might leave them in a worse off situation.
Carl Icahn, who is billionaire investor and has devoted years protecting Herbalife Nutrition Ltd against well-known short-seller William Ackman, has sold a little part of his shares.
The consequences of Deutsche Bank's job cuts are being felt already from Sydney to London, in total to cut a minimum of 7000 jobs, said in the anonymity lasting person.
China is planning to use cornerstones to aid its tech majors such as Xiaomi and Alibaba to launch listing in the mainland, three sources familiar with the matter said.
LyondellBasell Industries valued Brazil's petrochemical firm Braskem at $11.4B in a bid to Odebrecht Sa last month, according to the Valor Economico newspaper.
The CEO of Italy's oil giant Eni, Claudio Descalzi, stated on Friday the company was working on a bid for the solar assets of Terra Firma with Qatar Petroleum in Italy.
On Friday, Ildefonso Guajardo, the Mexican Economy Minister stated he had seen a 40% chance of finalising the renegotiation of the NAFTA deal ahead of the country's Presidential election set for July 1.