June 03
Tanzania: Rwanda-Tanzania Cross-Border Trade On the Rise
New Times
Every Thursday in Ndego Sector, Kayonza District, the shores of Kibare Lake buzz with activity. Ships unload tonnes of goods from Tanzania, while others load goods bound for… Read more »
Malawi: In Whose Interest Should Chakwera Fire Immigration Chief Kalumo?
Nyasa Times
Even before he ascended to the presidency through the June 2020 Fresh Presidential Election, President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera knew that he would be inheriting a public… Read more »
Malawi: DPP Condemns Arrest of Activist Kambanje Who Allegedly Forged Someone's Signature
Nyasa Times
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has condemned in strongest terms what it calls "crackdown on activists" by the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with particular reference… Read more »
Malawi: MCCI Hails Commissioning of Special Economic Zones Initiative Describing It As Great Boaster Towards Economic Growth
Nyasa Times
Malawi Confederation of Chambers of commerce and Industrial (MCCI) has commended Special Economic Zone Project describing it as strategic towards new era of industrialization. Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Ready to Host First-Ever Environmental, Social and Governance Summit Slated for 19th-20th June
Nyasa Times
Head of Operations at Innotec Creative Solutions (ICS Africa) Annie Feza has said Malawi is ready to host the first-ever and an Inaugural of Malawi Environment, Social, and… Read more »
Malawi: Vaccine Hesitancy Key Challenge Affecting Vaccination Uptake - Govt
Nyasa Times
Deputy Director for Health Promotion in the Ministry of Health, Dr Kondwani Mamba, has pointed out vaccine hesitancy as one of the key challenges affecting vaccination uptake among… Read more »
Malawi: MEC Conducts Six Bridge Trainings for Staff - Malawi Electoral Commission [press release]
MEC Malawi
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is hosting six Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) training sessions to train its staff ahead of the 2025… Read more »
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Govt Agrees to Pay Higher Than N60,000
Daily Trust
The Federal Government has agreed to a minimum wage higher than N60,000. Read more »
Nigeria: We Won't Bow to Pressure, Labour Tells Govt
Daily Trust
Members of the organised labour, on Monday lampooned the federal government over the use of force by deploying military officers against some workers in the Transmission Company of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Startup Awards Launched in Addis Ababa
ENA
The Ethiopian Startup Awards has been launched today with the objective to encourage innovative entrepreneurs in the country. Read more »
South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal Dismisses Shell's Appeal but Extends Shell a Lifeline [press release]
Greenpeace
The Supreme Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Shell, Impact Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy of the Makhanda High Court judgment which set aside… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethio-Djibouti Railways, Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Sign Partnership Agreement
ENA
Ethio-Djibouti Railways Share Company signed partnership agreement with Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics. Read more »
Mauritius: Budget Speech and Upcoming Elections, an Explosive Cocktail
L'Express
The National Assembly will meet on Friday June 7 for the last Budget speech of finance minister Renganaden Padayachy. No parliamentary sessions have been held for two weeks to… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Renewable Energy Serves Neighboring Countries
ENA
Minister of Water and Energy Habtamu Itefa has stressed the need to strengthen international partnerships and the participation of the private sector in Ethiopia's renewable energy… Read more »
Ghana: Roads in Greater Accra Receive Facelift
GhanaToday
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has undertaken a two-day working tour of the Greater Accra Region to inspect ongoing road infrastructure upgrades and… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour's Demand Will Compound Nigeria's Economic Woes - Presidency
Daily Trust
The presidency has said that acceding to the organised Labour's demand of N494,000 minimum wage will cripple the country's economy. Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Stole Malema's Thunder, Steenhuisen Sees Black, Zibi Steps Into a Cesspool [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The biggest surprise of the election is that the EFF failed to breach the 20% mark that I envisaged; that MK did as well as they have, and that coloured politics is a thing -… Read more »
South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Exploration Appeal Dismissed, but Rights Renewal Still Feasible [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Organisations opposing Shell's oil and gas exploration off the Wild Coast were partly disappointed by a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on Monday. It upheld the urgent interdict… Read more »
South Africa: Cool Heads and Political Maturity Are Needed As We Enter This Volatile Period [analysis]
Daily Maverick
With the ANC now holding only 159 of the 400 seats in the National Assembly, and assuming that the 87 DA MPs will not support a presidential candidate put forward by the EFF or MK,… Read more »
South Africa: TB Kills 148 South Africans Daily - Here's What We Need to Do Better to Eliminate It [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Is there hope that we will be able to eliminate TB in South Africa? Thousands of scientists, researchers, academics, policymakers/government officials and members of civil society… Read more »
South Africa: After the Bell - the Rand Has Been Relatively Stable This Year, but Post-Election Horse-Trading Looms [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The rand's ultimate course for the rest of 2024 will largely hinge on the government that emerges from the horse-trading that takes place in the coming days. Read more »
South Africa: Eskom's Barring of White 'African' Jobseeker Is Unfair Discrimination [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Labour Court has found that Eskom's not shortlisting a white candidate did not qualify as an affirmative action measure under the Employment Equity Act. Read more »
South Africa: How Zuma's MK Party Ruthlessly Outmanoeuvred the ANC in KZN [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The MK party's rise in just six months from nowhere to winning the most votes in KZN in last week's general elections is unprecedented in SA politics. This is how it went down. Read more »
South Africa: Business Urges Cool Heads and Pro-Reform Attitude As South Africa Embraces New Era of Coalitions [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Over the coming days, political parties will negotiate to form a coalition government. Business leaders have urged politicians to prioritise the 'interests of the entire country… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique and South Korea to Strengthen Cooperation
AIM
The secretary-general of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (CCM), Teresa Muenda, says that the country must capitalize on the experience of industrialization of South Korea,… Read more »