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[New Zimbabwe] The government has confirmed that Air Zimbabwe will relaunch direct flights between Harare and London by the end of July, following a delay caused by regulatory approval processes in the United Kingdom.

[Vanguard] The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited, Engr. Bayo Ojulari, has disclosed that the company remitted N19.5 trillion to the Federation Account between April 2025 and June 2026.

[GroundUp] Factory raids in KwaZulu-Natal and court cases have exposed the rot, but what are the solutions?

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has selected Kenya's Lamu County as the preferred location for a proposed Sh2.2 trillion oil refinery, a project that could significantly reshape East Africa's petroleum industry.

[Nyasa Times] UTM Party president Dalitso Kabambe has unleashed a scathing broadside against Malawi's governing Democratic Progressive Party, accusing it of running the country's economy on nothing more than a toxic formula of price hikes, begging and borrowing.

[263Chat] Etihad Airways and Fastjet Zimbabwe have signed a strategic partnership aimed at improving air connectivity between Zimbabwe, the Middle East and the rest of the world through a new interline agreement, codeshare arrangement and frequent flyer collaboration.

[Namibian] The Namibian presidential delegation to China is seeking partnerships in mining, agriculture and logistics, particularly those that help Namibia develop.

[Premium Times] The Senate instead mandated its Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate the attacks on Nigerians in South Africa and report back in two weeks.

[Premium Times] The umbrella body of Nigeria's media industry says the investigation marks an important step towards addressing alleged anti-competitive practices and the unauthorised use of journalists' content by global technology companies.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has suspended the enforcement of new regulations affecting internet platforms, online intermediaries and other cross-cutting digital economy issues pending the completion of a national policy review.

[Nyasa Times] Forget the fireworks -- day one back in the House had a different energy altogether. After months apart, MPs on both sides of the chamber looked genuinely pleased to see each other, trading handshakes, laughs and long conversations that spilled well past the usual courtesies.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The House of People's Representatives (HPR) has unanimously approved a 2.339-trillion Birr budget for the 2019 Ethiopian Fiscal Year.

[Leadership] Dangote Group, has unveiled plans to finance the construction of a proposed 700,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Kenya through a combination of internally generated cash, bond issuance and proceeds from a planned Initial Public Offering (IPO), as it deepens its footprint in Africa's downstream oil sector.

[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.