July 31
Nigeria: Resident Doctors Issue Final Deadline, Threaten Nationwide Strike From Aug 10
Vanguard
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to commence a total and comprehensive nationwide industrial strike on Aug. 10 if the Federal Government fails to… Read more »
Uganda: BOU Deputy Governor to Share Insights At Equity Bank Diaspora Webinar
Independent (Kampala)
As Uganda's diaspora continues to send record remittances back home, Equity Bank Uganda is strengthening its efforts to help turn these financial inflows into long-term investments… Read more »
East Africa: Ex-Airtel Money Kenya CEO Anne Kinuthia-Otieno Named Visa East Africa Head
Capital FM
Visa has appointed former Airtel Money Kenya Managing Director Anne Kinuthia Otieno as its new Vice President and Head of East Africa, effective August 4, 2026. Read more »
South Africa: How FNB Enabled People to Join the SGK Pyramid Scheme
GroundUp
Bank employees signed up new customers at an SGK recruitment site Read more »
Zimbabwe: Ncube Declines to Allocate Supplementary Budget in Latest Review
New Zimbabwe
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday announced that no supplementary budget would be allocated in the latest Mid-Term Budget Review, stating that Treasury has enough fiscal… Read more »
Kenya: Maraga Tears Into Ruto's Address, Says Kenyans Deserve Answers--Not New Promises
Capital FM
Immediate former Chief Justice David Maraga has dismissed President William Ruto's proposed national dialogue on Kenya's post-Vision 2030 future as a distraction from what he… Read more »
Kenya: Standard Chartered Mobilizes Sh97bn for Sustainable Finance in Kenya
Capital FM
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has mobilized more than Sh97 billion in sustainable finance since 2021, supporting renewable energy, affordable housing, sustainable infrastructure… Read more »
Mozambique: Portugal Is Key Partner for Attraction of Agro-Investment
AIM
The Mozambican Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Albino, believes that Portugal is one of the country's crucial partners for attraction of new investments and technologies to boost… Read more »
Ghana: Piac Raises Concern Over Quality of Oil-Funded Projects
Ghanaian Times
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has urged the government to involve Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) more directly in the planning… Read more »
Liberia: House Pledges to Fasttrack Boakai's Road Agenda
Liberian Observer
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas P. Fallah, speaking on behalf of Speaker Richard N. Koon and the leadership of the House of Representatives, has reaffirmed… Read more »
Kenya: Beyond Banks - How Alternative Finance Is Reshaping Business Growth in Kenya
Capital FM
For a growing number of Kenyans, the journey to securing capital no longer begins at a bank. Read more »
July 30
Malawi: Women Turn Cotton Profits Into Year-Round Businesses
Bird Story Agency
A women's farming group in southern Malawi is reinvesting cotton earnings in poultry, livestock, shops and savings schemes—turning a seasonal crop into year-round income, new… Read more »
Africa: Cotton Farmers Could Earn From Soil Carbon Credits
Bird Story Agency
A scheme tested in Uzbekistan could let African cotton farmers earn twice over, once for the fibre and once for the carbon stored in the soil beneath their fields. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Criticises Governors, Says They're Building Needless Flyovers
Premium Times
They [governors] are taking four to five times their money. Nobody is borrowing money to pay salaries now," the president added. Read more »
South Africa: Migrant Exodus Leaves South African Employers Short-Handed
RFI
South Africa is suffering a drop in its workforce, following the departure of thousands of foreign workers in the wake of a wave of xenophobic attacks, anti-migrant protests and… Read more »
Lesotho: Relief for Lesotho As U.S. Tariffs Expire
GroundUp
Goods made in Lesotho will once again enter the United States duty-free after Washington's tariffs expired on 29 July. It comes as a relief to the country's export-dependent… Read more »
Namibia: Namibia Survives Trump's Sweeping Tariffs
New Era
Namibia has survived a dreadful external economic shock after the country was excluded from the list of seven African countries that are facing President Donald Trump's latest… Read more »
Africa: Financing Africa's Digital Future - Institutions Push for Smarter, Coordinated Funding
IPS
Africa's digital revolution is gathering pace, but the financing needed to sustain it remains uneven, fragmented, and often out of reach. Read more »
Kenya: Treasury to Centralize Public Debt Data On Single Platform
Capital FM
The Government is developing a new digital platform to centralize public debt data in a move aimed at improving transparency and strengthening debt management. Read more »
Nigeria: Investigation - Gas Flares, Poisoned Lives, Regulatory Failures in Nigeria's Oil Fields
Premium Times
From disappearing fish in Akwa Ibom to polluted rainwater in Bayelsa, communities living beside Nigeria's oil facilities are confronting the human consequences of methane, a potent… Read more »
Malawi: Inside Malawi's Public Sector Shake-Up - Minister Demands Results As Agencies Sign Reform Deals
Nyasa Times
Malawi's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has put his foot down, demanding that heads of the country's key legal and governance bodies sign up to sweeping public… Read more »
South Africa: Same Sparkle, Different Story - How Lab-Grown Diamonds Are Transforming the Market [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
You've probably heard the saying "a diamond is forever". What if the market for them - with its hefty price tags - isn't? Read more »
Angola: Angola Earns U.S.$8.91 Billion From Oil Sales in the 2nd Quarter
ANGOP
Angola earned US$8.91 billion from the export of 88.12 million barrels of crude oil in the second quarter of this year, the Secretary of State for Mineral Resources, Jaime Victor,… Read more »
Uganda: Eswatini Officials Awestruck By Kiira Motors Vehicle Plant
Nile Post
A high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Eswatini has expressed admiration for Uganda's automotive manufacturing progress after touring the Kiira Vehicle Plant in Jinja, where… Read more »
Kenya: High Costs, Policy Uncertainty Hurt Kenya's Investment Appeal - PWC
Capital FM
Kenya's attractiveness to investors is being eroded by factors such as high business costs and policy uncertainty. Read more »
