[Leadership] The federal government has directed key digital regulators to suspend the implementation and enforcement of recently introduced regulations affecting internet platforms, online intermediaries and other cross-cutting digital economy issues, pending the development of a harmonised national policy framework.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has launched the US$16 million Extension of the Japan Freeway Project, describing the road as one of Liberia's most strategically important transport corridors and reaffirming his administration's commitment to expanding infrastructure as a catalyst for economic growth.
[This Day] Members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have warned that election-related fiscal spending ahead of the 2027 general elections poses one of the biggest threats to recent progress in taming inflation, cautioning that excess liquidity from political spending could undermine the effectiveness of monetary policy.
[New Zimbabwe] EUROPEAN Union Ambassador to Zimbabwe Katrin Hagemann says the country has made notable progress in fighting corruption, but persistent graft continues to undermine investor confidence and prevent it from fully unlocking its economic potential.
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe has thrown its weight behind the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agri-trade Action Plan, describing the strategy as closely aligned with the country's drive to expand agricultural production, agro-industrialisation and regional trade.
[The Conversation Africa] South Sudan's independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa's longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end the deeper struggles over power, revenue and coercion inside the newly independent state.
[The Conversation Africa] When civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, civil servants found themselves at the centre of a deep political and economic crisis.
[The Conversation Africa] Young people in low- and middle-income countries appear generally more optimistic about how AI can enhance their work prospects and social lives than their western peers, according to our new survey of people in ten countries in Africa and South Asia.
[263Chat] Bikita Minerals has invested a cumulative US$383 million in mineral beneficiation projects as it expands value addition at its operations with the government describing the development as a key milestone in Zimbabwe's drive to maximise returns from its mineral wealth.
[Namibian] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for stronger cooperation in clean energy, uranium value addition and technology transfer with China.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training on Tuesday organised a workshop dedicated to presenting the results of a sectoral study on the employment market's needs for occupations and skills in the information and communication technologies sector.
[This Day] Abuja -- Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State has declared that his administration will never negotiate with criminals, unveiling a strategy that combines aggressive security measures with youth empowerment to end illegal mining and unlock the state's vast solid mineral resources for economic development.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape how people are seen and represented, technology company TECNO has launched a global initiative aimed at promoting fair and authentic representation.
[GroundUp] Constitutional obligations were not met, investigation finds
[New Times] Asia Machinery Investments Ltd, the official distributor and future assembler of Sinotruk (HOWO) vehicles in Rwanda, has unveiled a new generation of HOWO trucks while announcing plans to establish a local truck assembly plant and introduce electric trucks.
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has been appointed as co-chair of AI for Good Global Commission, an initiative of the United Nations.
[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has extended the deadline for filing second quarter Corporate Income Tax (CIT), Personal Income Tax (PIT), and May 2026 Value Added Tax (VAT), National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) and Communications Service Tax (CST) returns following the recent heavy rains and flooding in Accra and surrounding communities.
[New Times] Rwanda is expected to receive its first shipment of petroleum products sourced from Oman under new government-to-government supply agreements with Kenya and Tanzania in early August, a development the Minister of Trade and Industry, Antoine-Marie Kajangwe, says will strengthen the country's fuel security and support its ambition to become a regional petroleum distribution hub.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANA'S Vice President, Emmanuel Nchimbi, has said the government's vision is to transform the Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) from a traditional product exhibition into a global hub for innovation, research, technology, and international trade by 2050.
[Scrolla] The Faraday Taxi Association has told members to stop foreign drivers from operating taxis until further notice because of growing tensions around immigration. Gauteng transport officials say they are working with taxi operators to reduce violence, improve licensing and shut down illegal taxi operations.
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