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[New Era] Lagos -- Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, will build a 700 000-barrels-per-day East African oil refinery in Lamu on the Kenya coast, a senior company official said on Tuesday, ending speculation about the mega-project's location.

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has given Greenhouse International Development (GH) Ltd. a two-month ultimatum to improve work on the Have-Hohoe Road Reconstruction Project or risk losing its contract.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has launched a landmark regional scholarship programme in forensic science named after the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu.

[263Chat] Air Zimbabwe will return to one of its most prestigious international routes later this month, announcing the resumption of direct passenger flights between Harare and London for the first time in years as the national carrier seeks to rebuild its long-haul network and reconnect Zimbabwe with one of its largest diaspora markets.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The country's fuel storage capacity is envisaged to reach 55 days' cover by the first quarter of the 2027/28 financial year.

[This Day] The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) are at daggers drawn over the proposed sharing formula on accruals from the 5 per cent ticket sales charge (TSC) and cargo sales charge (CSC), which run into billions of naira annually.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Minister of State for Economic Coordination, José de Lima Massano, said on Thursday that the next phase of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (ENIF) creates the conditions for mobile and digital payment service providers to evolve into offering credit.

[New Times] The government expects to increase treated water production capacity from more than 367,000 cubic metres per day in 2026 to over 688,000 cubic metres per day by 2029 through a series of major water infrastructure projects.

[Daily Maverick] Campaigners resort to quasi-vigilante measures to enforce migration law because they say the police are not investigating their complaints and allege Home Affairs officials take bribes.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia attracted 4.32 billion U.S. dollars in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the 2025/26 Ethiopian Fiscal Year.

[Leadership] Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he is unpopular among many civil servants because his administration has blocked avenues through which public funds were previously wasted or diverted.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia will continue advancing regional power connectivity in line with the Eastern Africa Power Pool's (EAPP) vision of building an integrated regional electricity market, Water and Energy Minister Habtamu Iteffa said.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia has assumed the chairmanship of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) Council of Ministers, succeeding Egypt during the council's 22nd meeting held in Addis Ababa.

[Foroyaa] President Adama Barrow has announced that Africa's leading industrialist, Alhajie Aliko Dangote, has committed to invest US$2 billion in The Gambia after a meeting in State House on Tuesday July 7, 2026.

[Scrolla] Diesel's projected price cut for August dropped by more than 35 cents a litre in a single day of trading. Petrol's projected cut nearly halved overnight, as oil prices reacted to Donald Trump's comments on the Iran ceasefire.

[New Era] Namibia recorded a N$510 million trade surplus on food items in between May 2025 and May 2026, supported by strong exports of fish and meat products, according to the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).

[Vanguard] Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy Communications, has said many Nigerians who relocated abroad in search of better opportunities are facing difficult economic conditions despite possessing university degrees and earning salaries in foreign currencies.

[The Point] The Gambia is set to strengthen technical and vocational education with the establishment of two Centres of Excellence aimed at producing skilled manpower for the country's growing agribusiness and fisheries sectors.

[The Point] Africa's wealthiest man Alhaji Aliko Dangote has pledged US$2 billion strategic investment partnership with The Gambia.