June 30
South Africa: KFC Under Fire After Worker Gets Warning for Not Meeting R2 Charity Donation Targets [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A union has demanded that the fast-food franchise stop degrading its staff after the incident involving the R2 Add Hope targets, a customer-based donation that goes to nonprofits. Read more »
Angola: Banana and Cassava Fair and Conference Raises More Than 50 Million Kwanzas
ANGOP
Fifty-eight million and 92 thousand kwanzas is the amount collected during the three days of the third edition of the Banana and Cassava Fair and Conference in the province of… Read more »
Nigeria: Ekiti Govt Writes TCN, NERC, BEDC, Rejects Planned Two-Month Power Outage
Premium Times
"The planned disruption of electricity in these two months amounts to an unacceptable economic, financial and social price to be paid by the citizens of Ekiti State, and we totally… Read more »
Uganda: Masaka's Kasaali Village Cries Out for Electricity
Nile Post
Residents of Kasaali Iillage in Kimanya Kabonera Sub-county, Masaka City, have appeale to the government for access to electricity, citing its critical role in fostering… Read more »
Nigeria: Reps Will Support Privatisation of Nigeria's Teaching Hospitals - Lawmaker
Premium Times
The lawmaker gives conditions that he believes should be met before such support is given. Read more »
Nigeria: In Defence of Tinubu's Reforms, Shettima Says President Imbued With Capacity to Fix Economy
This Day
Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday urged Nigerians to support the economic reforms initiated by President Bola Tinubu, declaring that the president is robustly imbued with… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimplats Share Trust Sinks U.S.$100k for Piped Water, Classrooms and Clinic Projects
New Zimbabwe
THE Zimplats Mhondoro-Ngezi, Chegutu, Zvimba Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOT) has pumped US$100 000 this year alone into three rural development projects to transform… Read more »
Rwanda: Ngororero - Habineza Vows to Increase Internet Connectivity
New Times
The chairperson and presidential candidate of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, Frank Habineza, has promised to increase internet connectivity to scale up the use of technology… Read more »
Uganda: Technology Boom Fuels Online Violence Against Women and Girls - Report
Nile Post
Women and girls are disproportionately experiencing violence fuelled by the increasing use of technology, with online abuse often spilling over into physical violence, an alarming… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Chemical Industry Corporation Obtains 5 Billion Birr Revenue
ENA
Chemical Industry Corporation disclosed that it has secured 5 billion Birr in revenue from its industrial chemical input products over the past eleven months. Read more »
Nigeria: Construction of Cross River Section Begins in August - Minister
Leadership
Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi has revealed that construction of the Cross River Section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will kick off in August 2024. Read more »
Nigeria: Account for Missing N100bn Dirty Notes, Others, SERAP Tells CBN
Leadership
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso to account for the whereabouts of the over… Read more »
Nigeria: NAF Airstrikes Destroy Illegal Refining Sites in Rivers, Kill Terrorists in Niger
Leadership
Precision airstrikes undertaken by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have destroyed illegal refining sites in Rivers State and killed several terrorists riding on motorcycles in Niger… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya to Incur More Debt After Finance Bill 2024 Withdrawal - Ruto
Capital FM
President William Ruto expressed regret that the government will be forced to borrow an additional Sh1 trillion in the Financial Year 2024/2025 due to the withdrawal of the Finance… Read more »
Liberia: Mining - Bea Mountain Distributes Food to Elderly People
New Republic
Bea Mountain Mining Corporation through its Community Relations Department (CRD) has completed the distribution of food items and cash as part of support to elders within the three… Read more »
South Africa: Tears of Gratitude As SA Harvest Brings Much-Needed Food to Nelson Mandela Bay [analysis]
Daily Maverick
After devastating floods in Kariega earlier this month, thousands of people were displaced, shelters were overrun and families lost precious possessions as robbers looted their… Read more »
Liberia: Lerc Commissioners Visit Key Facilities of LEC and Transco-Clsg
New Dawn
Two recently appointed Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) members, Atty. Kla-Edward Toomey, II, and Amara M. Kamara, on June 28, toured… Read more »
Uganda: Ruto's Shambolically Risky Gamble
Independent (Kampala)
Many people have hailed President William Ruto of Kenya for yielding to popular pressure not to sign the controversial Finance Bill. A friend in diplomatic circles in Kampala… Read more »
Nigeria: FG Threatens to Terminate Julius Berger, Ccecc Calabar Road Contracts
Daily Trust
The federal government has threatened to terminate the contracts of Julius Berger and China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) over the handling of the Calabar-Itu… Read more »
Nigeria: Food Security - Saudi Arabia to Set Up Farm Equipment Manufacturing Plants in Nigeria - Kyari
Daily Trust
The Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the government of Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in setting up manufacturing factories in Nigeria for farming… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia Steps Forward to Take Advantage From AfCFTA
Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia is ready to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) coupled with implementing the national strategy, the UNECA Regional Integration and Trade… Read more »
East Africa: Ethiopia Secures Over 4 Bln USD From Remittance
Ethiopian Herald
Licenses Diaspora investment worth 72 bln Birr capital Read more »
Ethiopia: Financial Liberalization Ushers Ethiopia's Global Investment Portfolio
Ethiopian Herald
ADDIS ABABA - Apart from promoting the role of the domestic banking ecosystem, the entry of foreign banks in Ethiopia would usher the country's integration into the emerging global… Read more »
Nigeria: Vulnerable, Poor People Should Get Tax Exemption - Oyedele
Vanguard
The chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele has proposed a tax exemption for poor, vulnerable people and believes the… Read more »
Nigeria: Serap Gives CBN 7 Days to 'Account for Missing N100bn Dirty Notes, Other Public Funds'
Vanguard
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), "to account for and explain the whereabouts… Read more »