June 12
Africa: Time to Explore Free Trade Agreement Between Africa and Caribbean - ITC's Boss Coke-Hamilton
New Times
As the 3rd edition of the African Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum kicked off in the capital Nassau in the Bahamas, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, the Executive Director of the… Read more »
Rwanda: Rwanda's Fight Against Child Labour Continues
New Times
Child labour continues to be a critical problem globally, robbing children of their childhood, rights, education, and future. On June 12, each year, Rwanda joins the international… Read more »
Rwanda: Liquid Intelligent Technologies Launches 'Liquid Home' to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural Areas
New Times
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Rwanda on Wednesday, June 12 launched 'Liquid Home', its internet connectivity product aimed at extending its fibre network coverage. Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Our Demand Remains N250,000 - NLC
Daily Trust
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the organised labour did not agree on any specific figure as the new minimum wage. Read more »
Angola: Angola Records Over 2,000 Cases of Child Labor
ANGOP
At least 2,484 cases of child labor were registered by the National Children's Institute (INAC) between January and June this year, INAC's assistant director general, Elisa… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - NLC Denies Tinubu's Claim On Agreement, Insists On N250,000
Premium Times
President Tinubu, in his nationwide broadcast earlier on Wednesday, said that he would soon forward a bill on an agreed National minimum wage to the National Assembly. Read more »
Liberia: Senator Snowe Seeks Senate's Intervention Against Restoration of Western Cluster Road User Permit
FrontPageAfrica
Bomi County Senator, Edwin Melvin Snowe, who played a pivotal role in renegotiating the operations of Western Cluster Liberia Limited, has backpedaled on his previous endorsement… Read more »
Liberia: Ruling Unity Party Pressuring Central Bank to Employ Partisans
FrontPageAfrica
Despite the bad state of Liberia's economy, FrontPageAfrica has in its possession a list of partisans of the ruling Unity Party (UP) recommended to the governor of Central Bank of… Read more »
South Africa: Eastern Cape Honours Women in Agriculture
SAnews.gov.za
The Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform will this week award top performing women in the agricultural sector, as part of the department's programme to… Read more »
Kenya: KeNHA Announces 4-Day Closure of Mombasa Road At Katani Junction
Capital FM
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has declared the temporary closure of a segment of Mombasa Road from tomorrow until Sunday. Read more »
Nigeria: More Oil Blocks Discovered As Govt Promises Transparency in Bid Process
Daily Trust
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has identified additional oil blocks beyond the 12 initially made available for bidding. Read more »
South Africa: World Against Child Labour Day [press release]
SAPS
The world's day "Against Child Labour" is observed on 12 June. The theme for 2024 is: "Let's act on our commitments: end child labour." We join the International Labour… Read more »
Liberia: Bao Chico Pollutes Creeks, Destroying Homes
Liberian Observer
Bao Chico has polluted water sources in landowning communities, depriving locals of safe drinking water, a DayLight investigation found. Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Did Not Clamp Down On Labour Over Nationwide Strike - Tinubu
Premium Times
PREMIUM TIMES reported the nationwide strike by the two major labour unions, NLC and TUC, and their affiliates. Read more »
Uganda: Govt Earmarks Shs265 Billion to Tarmac Roads in Mukono
Nile Post
The Minister for Kampala, Kabuye Kyofatogabye has revealed that government has earmarked shs265 billion to tarmac 70 kms of feeder roads in Mukono Municipality and Mukono district… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Took Away Zimbabwe's Share of Cecil John Rhodes' Mining Rights, Now Evading Meetings to Discuss Issue - NRZ
New Zimbabwe
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is seeking to claim a share of mining rights from 1.7 million hectares of land in South Africa taken away by the neighbouring country. Read more »
Nigeria: Despite Tinubu's Promises to Revamp Agriculture, Farmers Say They Face More Hardship
Premium Times
Mr Tinubu has only spent a quarter of his four-year tenure, but millions of Nigerians including farmers are already questioning his ability to implement his agriculture promises. Read more »
Rwanda: How Youth-Led Innovations Can Boost Agriculture
New Times
Realizing that post-harvest losses were high among horticulture farmers, Samantha Ainembabazi and her colleagues thought of a solution to the problem through nanotechnology. Read more »
Africa: Nigeria Intensifies Bid to Host $5bn Africa's First Energy Bank, Meets With APPO Countries' Envoys
This Day
The federal government last night went a step further in its bid for Africa's first energy bank, meeting with envoys of members of the Africa Petroleum Producers Organisation… Read more »
Nigeria: NUPRC Slashes Signature Bonuses for Oil Blocks to $10m for Deepwater, $7m for Shallow Water
This Day
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has cut the bonuses payable by awardees in the 2022 and 2024 bid rounds to a maximum of $10 million for deepwater… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Advertising Industry Worth N605.2bn in 2023 - PWC Report
This Day
A new PwC's report has revealed that the Nigerian advertising industry (marketing communication) recorded an estimated spending of N605.2 billion in 2023, with a projection to hit… Read more »
Nigeria: Customs Intercepts Truckload of Vandalised Rail Sleepers, Auctions Seized Petrol
Daily Trust
The Sokoto area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a truck conveying a 20-feet container laden with vandalised railway tracks along with three suspects on… Read more »
Nigeria: How FIRS, Customs, NUPRC Received More Allocation Than States - Report
Daily Trust
A report by Agora policy has shown that Nigeria's Cost-of-Collection by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC),… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 60 Mbudzi Interchange Beams Moved to Site
The Herald
Sixty pre-stressed beams to be installed at Mbudzi Interchange cast by a local contractor, Fossils Contracting, in Mount Hampden are now complete and being moved to the site. Read more »
Kenya: KQ Faces Second Landing Gear Incident On Same Route Less Than a Year
Business Day Africa
A Kenya Airways flight from Dubai to Juba diverted to Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after losing one of its landing gears in Sharjah, marking the second such… Read more »