July 02
Kenya: Kenya Power Adds Two Electric Vehicles to Its Fleet
Capital FM
Simba Corporation, an automotive company, has delivered the first all-electric Mahindra XUV400 Sports Utility Vehicle to Kenya Power. Read more »
South Africa: What the New Cabinet Could Mean for SA's Energy and Environment Future [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The government of national unity has brought about a new Cabinet and significant changes with it. What could some of these shifts hold for SA's energy and environmental policies? Read more »
Gambia: Essa Faal Expresses Dismay Over Planned Increment of Benefits for Judicial Officers
Foroyaa
Essa Faal, a former presidential candidate for the 2021 presidential elections, has expressed dismay over the planned Increment of benefits for judicial officers by the Government. Read more »
Nigeria: Campaign Against Manufacture of Sub-Standard Goods
This Day
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is up in arms against the manufacturing of sub-standard products and other deceptive trade practices, writes Dike… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Mounting Debt Crisis Calls for Immediate Legislative Action - Adebajo
This Day
Amidst a sharp rise in Nigeria's external debt to approximately $45 billion and an exodus of investors, the Chief Executive of CFG Advisory, Tilewa Adebajo, has emphasised the need… Read more »
Nigeria: AGF Takes Over N16.6 Billion Fraud Against Polaris Bank, Staff Member
Premium Times
The police accused Polaris Bank and one of its officers of fraudulently diverting over N16.5 billion from a customer's various accounts within nearly eight years. Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Probe CBN's N1.12 Trillion Anchor Borrowers Scheme, Nirsal's N215 Billion Loan
Premium Times
The committees are to also investigate the handling of the N5 billion loan facility to the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) for livestock farmers across the country. Read more »
Nigeria: CBN to Sanction Banks, BDCS, Others Over Rejection of Old Dollar Notes
Premium Times
The CBN will not hesitate to sanction any commercial bank or authorised forex dealer that refuses to accept old series or lower denominations of US Dollar bills from customers. Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Declares State of Emergency On Crude Oil Production
Premium Times
Mr Kyari said the move is towards increasing Nigeria's crude oil production and growing its reserves Read more »
Nigeria: Abiodun Orders Manhunt for Kidnappers of Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Highway Travellers
Premium Times
While promising that the perpetrators would be smoked out and punished, Mr Abiodun said Ogun State will not be allowed to become a den for kidnappers. Read more »
Nigeria: CBN to Sanction Banks, BDCS for Rejecting Old, Small Dollar Denominations
Leadership
The Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it will sanction any Deposit Money Bank (DMB) and Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country who reject old and small… Read more »
Uganda: Entebbe Airport Gets Multi-Million Fuel Storage Facility
Nile Post
Entebbe International Airport has a new 23 million litre aviation fuel storage facility ready, a major boost to expansion projects to facilitate its growing number of air… Read more »
Morocco: Road Accidents Claim 16 Lives in Morocco's Urban Areas Over Past Week
MAP
Sixteen people were killed and 2,446 injured, 97 of them seriously, in the 1,790 road accidents that occurred in urban areas on June 24-30, according to the General Directorate for… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Condemns CBN's Interest Rate Hike
Leadership
Forbes' Africa's richest man and chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has strongly criticised the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) recent interest rate hike, which has… Read more »
Namibia: Public Debt More Than Doubles in 7 Years Under Shiimi
Namibian
Namibia's national debt has gone up by more than half in relation to gross domestic product (GDP) in the last seven years. Read more »
Nigeria: Abia Govt Begins Certificate Verification of 7,582 Workers
Leadership
The Abia State Government has begun certificates verification of 7,582 out of the 36,875 uploaded online by the civil servants as part of ongoing exercise in the service at various… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Political Monopoly Has Been Broken - Could It Help the Economy? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Policies to ensure that economic power is not concentrated, and that outcomes are good even for those who lack power in market relationships, can't be designed where there is a… Read more »
South Africa: Arcelormittal Grants Reprieve to Steel Operations, Thousands of Jobs Saved [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The increased power generation by Eskom (there have been no blackouts for about three months) and improved rail volumes by Transnet have given ArcelorMittal breathing room to… Read more »
South Africa: Pension Funds Amendment Bill - What's Cooking With the Two-Pot Retirement Reform? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With less than two months to the implementation date on 1 September, the two-pot retirement reforms hang in the balance as retirement fund administrators wait on the signing of the… Read more »
South Africa: Intelligence Operation Nets 15 Cable Theft Suspects, Including City Power Workers [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Six theft suspects, including three City Power security guards, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates' Court on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Jupiter Project to Debut Nigeria's First Tier-1 Lithium Mining
Daily Trust
The Jupiter Lithium Project has received the nod to begin the mining of lithium in Kaduna State. Read more »
Nigeria: 6,000 Ex-Nigeria Airways Retirees Seek Return to Pension Scheme
Daily Trust
About 6,000 retirees of the liquidated national carrier, Nigeria Airways, under the auspices of the Association of Airways Retired Workers of Nigeria (AARWN) have appealed to the… Read more »
Nigeria: NNPC Declares State of Emergency On Oil Production
Daily Trust
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has declared that a state of emergency has been announced regarding crude oil production in Nigeria. Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Gauteng Troubled By Government Vacuum in the Province
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU) in Gauteng is disturbed by the government vacuum in the province created by the continuous postponement of the announcement of… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Welcomes Eskom Initiatives to End Loadshedding
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) commends Eskom on 96 days of no loadshedding. We celebrate the tireless efforts of the employees of Eskom to turn our most… Read more »