October 31, 2023
South Africa: Student Aid Scheme Paying Millions to 'Ghost' Students - South African News Briefs - October 31, 2023
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October 30, 2023
East Africa: Kenya's Cargo Battle Plan - Keeping Tanzania at Bay
Kenya initiated a series of measures to revitalize its cargo business at its ports, challenged by competition from the port of Dar es Salaam, reports The East African. Read more »
October 27, 2023
South Africa: AGOA 2023 - Searching for Improvement in 25-Year Programme for Africa
The U.S. is looking at ways of making more of an impact on the continent via the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), its legislation boost economic engagement with… Read more »
Ghana: Limited Gas Supply Causes National Blackout in Ghana
Most of Ghana is dark due to a scarcity of gas to operate the machinery required to generate energy in the country, BBC reports. Read more »
South Africa: Govt to Unveil Support Package for Avian Flu-Hit Farmers - South African News Briefs - October 27, 2023
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October 26, 2023
South Africa: World Bank Development Loan to Bring Change to Coal-Dependent South Africa?
The World Bank Board has announced in a press release that a U.S.$1 billion Development Policy Loan (DPL) has been offered to support the government's efforts to promote… Read more »
October 25, 2023
South Africa: Over U.S.$5,2 Billion Needed For Transnet's Turnaround Plan
Transnet, a pipeline, rail, and port enterprise owned by the South African government, is asking Treasury for more than U.S.$5,2 million (R100 billion) over the course of the… Read more »
South Africa: Coal Miners Sue Anglo-American for Lung Disease - South African News Briefs - October 25, 2023
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October 24, 2023
Africa: Food Systems in the Spotlight for Change at COP28 #AfricaClimateHope
Food systems transformation is a critical solution to climate crisis mitigation and adaptation, reducing food insecurity, and environmental degradation, according to researchers… Read more »
South Africa: Coal Exporters Asked to Pay Millions to Help Transnet Pay Debt - South African News Briefs - October 24, 2023
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October 23, 2023
South Africa: National Health Insurance Plan Expected to Face Legal Challenges - South African News Briefs - October 23, 2023
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October 20, 2023
Ethiopia: Empowering Ethiopian Women Through Digital Financial Inclusion
In a country where gender inequality is entrenched, Lemma is a shining beacon of hope for the future Read more »
October 19, 2023
Africa: U.S. Wants to Support Decarbonisation and New Energy Access in Africa - US Dept Energy's Volz
Joshua Volz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, Eurasia, Africa, Middle East in the US Department of Energy, is in Cape Town, South Africa, for Africa Energy Week, and his… Read more »
October 18, 2023
South Africa: Official Recalled From Zimbabwe for Diplomatic Travel Bungle - South African News Briefs - October 18, 2023
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October 17, 2023
Kenya: Facebook Layoff Lawsuit - Negotiations Crumble as Parties Fail to Reach Deal
Settlement talks in a long-standing legal case involving 184 Nairobi-based Facebook content moderators and Meta, the platform's parent company collapsed, reports BBC. Read more »
Uganda: World Bank Wants LGBTQI+ Safeguards Before Resuming Fresh Funding
The World Bank will make sure that Ugandans are not subjected to discrimination in its programs before restarting new funding suspended in August due to an anti-LGBTQ bill, an… Read more »
South Africa: 'South Africa's Freshwater Realities Need to be Acknowledged, Followed by Less Talking to Win Arguments'
Water is a basic human need and a fundamental resource essential to our existence. Challenges brought about by its scarcity remind us how it sustains our world. Lacking access to… Read more »
South Africa: Professor Hired for Top Job Despite Plagiarism Scandal - South African News Briefs - October 17, 2023
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Africa: A Message to Africa's Leaders from the IMF - Diversify Your Economies
If you want your country to grow and improve the lives of your people, you need to diversify your economy – and stop subsidising the rich at the expense of the poor. Read more »
October 16, 2023
Africa: How African Economies Can Cope With China Slowdown
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged sub-Saharan African nations to take steps to offset the recent slowdown of growth in China. Read more »
South Africa: Transnet Says Operational, Financial Turnaround Plan Completed
Transnet, the state-owned South African rail, port and pipeline company, says it has completed a turnaround plan. eNCA reports that the plan outlines operational and financial… Read more »
Angola: MPs Reject Presidential Impeachment Proposal
The country's leading opposition party walked out of an extraordinary parliamentary session called to discuss a possible impeachment against President Joao Lourenco on October… Read more »
South Africa: Concerns Over Negligent, Unsafe Driving - South African News Briefs - October 16, 2023
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October 13, 2023
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa's Growth Falls in 2023, Set to Rebound in 2024 - IMF
Excerpted from the executive summary of "Light on the Horizon?", the International Monetary Fund's October 2023 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa: Read more »
Namibia: Canada's ReconAfrica Could Start Drilling Near Protected Okavango Delta in 2024
The newly appointed CEO of Canada's Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) Brian Reinsborough, rejected environmental groups' criticism of the project on Thursday, October 12,… Read more »