May 10
Nigeria: Watt a Mess - How the Power Sector Spent Billions to Generate Darkness [analysis]
Premium Times
Why a government will opt to liberalise its key economic sector, jeopardise the security of the nation, and push its economy to the brink beats my imagination! Read more »
Africa: French Catering Company Gives Refugee Women a Recipe for Success
RFI
French catering company Bande de Cheffes employs women displaced from their own countries to cook food from around the world. The goal is to make the most of refugees' talents… Read more »
Ghana: Inflation Drops Marginally to 25.0 Percent in April
Ghanaian Times
The country's year-on-year inflation rate fell to 25.0 per cent in April from 25.8 in March, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. Read more »
Nigeria: Tariff Hike - Labour Threatens to Picket Offices of Electricity Regulatory Agency On Monday
This Day
Organised labour, under the auspices of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has given the federal government and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube Sets ZiG200 000 Fine for Traders Setting Prices Above Official Exchange Rate
New Zimbabwe
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has set a fine of ZiG200 000 to be paid by individuals and corporates found guilty of violating the country's exchange rate regulations. Read more »
Nigeria: Senate Panel Defends 0.5 Percent Cybercrime Levy
Premium Times
The Senate Committee on National Security and Intelligence said the levy is not meant to punish Nigerians but to protect the national security and the economy. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Mastercard Foundation and Kifiya Financial Technology PLC to Enable More Than 477,800 MSMEs to Access Uncollateralized Digital Credit Products
Mastercard Foundation
The partnership creates the opportunity for 425,000 Women to Access Smartphones Through Device Financing Read more »
Liberia: Stand Intervenes in Keh-Keh, Pem-Pem No-Go Zones
Liberian Observer
The Liberia National Police has temporarily suspended restrictions on the No-Go Zone for Bike and keh-keh riders, influenced by the intervention of Solidarity and Trust for A New… Read more »
Liberia: Weah's Royal Communications Inc. Goes Bankrupt - Aggrieved Employees Stage Go-Slow Action Over Five Months' Unpaid Salaries
FrontPageAfrica
Aggrieved employees of the Royal Communications Incorporated (RCI), owned by former Liberian President George Manneh Weah, have staged a go slow action in demand for the payment of… Read more »
Uganda: Sorry State of Road to Lake Bunyonyi Worries Authorities
Nile Post
Leaders and tourism stakeholders with in the Kigezi sub-region have decried the state of Lake Bunyonyi road. Read more »
Nigeria: Employment Not Govt's Priority Now, Says Abia Gov
Vanguard
Gov. Alex Otti of Abia says it is not on the front burner of his administration to employ new people in the state's civil service. Read more »
East Africa: Safaricom Projected Earnings Weighed Down By Ethiopian Loss
Business Day Africa
Safaricom, Kenya's leading telecommunications company, reported a slight uptick in profits, albeit dampened by the underperformance of its Ethiopian arm. Read more »
Zimbabwe: We Do Not Pay When Work Is Not Done Properly - Govt Orders Fossil Construction to Re-Do Lorraine Drive
New Zimbabwe
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has ordered a local construction company, Fossil, to re-work the resealing of Lorraine Drive Road, Harare, due to shoddy workmanship. Read more »
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Africa: African Development Bank Group President Calls for Media Transformation to Uplift Africa's Global Narrative
African Development Bank (AfDB)
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, delivered an impassioned plea for more balanced media coverage of Africa and its development, noting it… Read more »
Kenya: Beware of Fake Ad for Thousands of Vacancies At Kenya's Anti-Drug Agency
Africa Check
Beware of fake ad for thousands of vacancies at Kenya's anti-drug agency Read more »
Liberia: Hydropower - the Key Component to Liberia's Industrialization & Economic Growth Into the 21st Century and Beyond [opinion]
FrontPageAfrica
Industrialization is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural (subsistence farming) to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual… Read more »
Kenya: Mizani Grades Miano As Most Improved Cabinet Secretary
Capital FM
A recent survey has graded Trade and investment Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano as the most improved Cabinet Secretary in the past seven months. Read more »
Zimbabwe: International Labour Organization Urges 'Toothless' Tnf to Convene Regular Meetings
New Zimbabwe
THE International Labour Organization (ILO) has implored parties to the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) to adopt the habit of convening regular meetings as a strategy to pursue… Read more »
May 09
Africa: End the Negative Narrative, Africa is Thriving - AfDB Chief
allAfrica
The highly-anticipated AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit (AMLS) is convening in Nairobi, Kenya, to address the urgent need for a thriving and independent media landscape across… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Floods - As the Costs Add Up Pressure Mounts On a Country in Economic Crisis [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
There were early warnings that Kenya's long rain season - between March and May - was going to bring above-normal rainfall. The extreme intensity of the rain has resulted in… Read more »
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Africa: African Development Bank Proposes Annual Africa Media Prize to Promote More Balanced Reporting of Continent and Its Achievements
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank Group, announced the creation of an Annual Africa Media Prize to recognise and profile African journalists,… Read more »
Africa: Kenya Is Once Again in FATF's Crosshairs [analysis]
ISS
To curb money laundering, financial oversight of the real estate, legal, casino and transport sectors must be improved. Read more »
Africa: AI Becomes Latest Frontier in China-Us Race for Africa
VOA
What's the future of Artificial Intelligence in Africa? Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Doctors End 8-Week Strike After Deal With Government
VOA
Kenyan doctors will report to work starting Friday, after they agreed with the government on how they can be paid their salary arrears. Read more »
Kenya: Fact-Checked - Six Claims By Kenya's Deputy President On the Cost of Living
Africa Check
Fact-checked: Six claims by Kenya's deputy president on the cost of living Read more »
Zimbabwe: Parliament Concerned Over Continued Rejection of New ZiG Currency
New Zimbabwe
PARLIAMENT has expressed concern over the continued rejection of the newly launched Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency by some traders. Read more »
Africa: Zimbabwe, Zambia Turn to East Africa for Maize Support
Business Day Africa
Southern African countries, once regional food basket and a significant supplier of grain to East Africa, now faces a substantial deficit, prompting them to turn to Uganda and… Read more »
Kenya: Dissenting Voices At Nairobi Soil Health Forum Over Increased Fertilizer Use
IPS
As the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit convened in Nairobi to review the progress made in terms of increasing fertilizer use in line with the 2006 Abuja Declaration,… Read more »