[SAnews.gov.za] Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) during a sitting of the National Assembly today, outlining government's revised economic outlook and adjusted expenditure estimates.

[Scrolla] Approved non-bank firms could offer more payment services independently under a Reserve Bank plan targeting mid-2027. Cheaper payments are the goal, but the changes do not guarantee free transactions or an immediate cut in bank charges.

[Vanguard] Following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease case in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has said it is working with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, Port Health Services, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and other relevant agencies to support ongoing containment efforts.

[Vanguard] No fewer than 10 persons were alleged to have died after a community boat reportedly capsized during a confrontation between residents and security operatives over an oil spill at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 55 in Kula, Akuku Tory Local Government Area of Rivers State.

[SAnews.gov.za] Efforts to dismantle illegal mining continue to yield positive results, following the arrest of 92 suspected illegal miners, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said.

[Nile Post] Uganda is seeking increased European Union (EU) investment in electricity generation, transmission infrastructure and renewable energy as the government targets 20,000 megawatts (MW) of installed generation capacity by 2040 to support industrial expansion and its ambition of building a US$500 billion economy.

[Nyasa Times] Kisukyabo Simwaka, Boston Maliketi Banda and Esau Banda are all leaving the central bank with immediate effect in a major management reshuffle

[Namibian] 19 October 2026, Luanda, Angola.

[Namibian] The environment ministry has raised concerns about illegal sand mining across Namibia, saying the low number of applications for environmental clearance certificates suggests that many operators may be extracting sand and gravel without the required approval.

[Daily Trust] Nigeria needs to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) to more than 10 per cent of total capital inflows and increase electricity supply to achieve its $1 trillion economy target, the First Deputy President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, has said.

[Horn Diplomat] London -- British House of Lords member Lord Stuart Polak has urged international investors to look more closely at Somaliland, citing its political stability, expanding infrastructure and growing economic opportunities during an address at the Somaliland Investment Summit in London.

[263Chat] ZESA says it is engaging with the family of Norest Murewa popularly known as Leehwaz through its insurers as public pressure mounts for compensation and assistance for the young man who lost three limbs in an electrocution accident as a child.

[GroundUp] Resettlement of Cape Town's Siyahlala families unresolved

[This Day] There should be public education on the dangers of scooping petrol

[Leadership] Financial experts have described American banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co's planned entry into Nigeria's merchant banking sector as a strong vote of confidence in the country's economy and the ongoing reforms of the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

[New Zimbabwe] Hwange Colliery Company Limited has failed to have an ex-employee's challenge to its eviction bid thrown out, with the High Court ruling that the company can pursue his removal from accommodation only after proving it has fulfilled its outstanding obligations under a retrenchment agreement.

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (ZINARA) has finally settled its US$206 million loan from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged businesses across the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to forge partnerships that boost intra-regional trade, investment and job creation as member states seek to build an integrated regional market.

[New Times] Delayed rainfall is disrupting planting across Rwanda, leaving some farmers counting losses and others racing to sow crops weeks into the September-to-December growing season, as climate scientists explore artificial intelligence (AI) to improve weather forecasts.

[Dabanga] Khartoum / El Gezira -- A sharp flour shortage is leaving families in Khartoum state with less bread available in the markets as prices soar, with consumers now getting half as much for the same money, the state's bakers' association says. More encouraging reports from elsewhere say prices of maize and other crops have fallen in markets across El Gezira state, as restrictions on crop movements and increased supplies from the new harvest drive down prices.

[African Arguments] Since the outbreak of the brutal civil war in Sudan in April 2023, the US, British, and Canadian governments, along with the European Union and United Nations, have imposed targeted sanctions on some 32 individuals and 20 companies tied to the bloodshed to restrict their access to assets, international finance, and travel. Three and a half years into the fighting, more than two-thirds of Sudan's population requires humanitarian aid and almost 14 million people have been forcibly displaced, and the need

[African Arguments] Africa's digital economy is expanding faster than its ability to protect it. INTERPOL's African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2026, drawing on information from 36 countries, found that artificial intelligence was involved in 55 per cent of reported cybercrimes across the continent. Reported losses rose from $192 million in 2024 to $484 million, while 72 per cent of surveyed countries reported scam centres operating within their borders.

[The Conversation Africa] Across sub-Saharan Africa, revenue authorities are increasingly changing how they engage with small businesses. The traditional approach involved audits, penalties and inspections. But more recently many are investing in taxpayer education, "door-to-door" visits, and focusing on ways to make it easier to comply.

[RootsToFoods Capital Series] In a RootsToFoods Capital Series interview, Alexia Latortue, Head of Secretariat of the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition and former U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary, explains why a system designed after the Second World War must be redesigned around countries' own visions, and why she is not in the camp that says aid is dead.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican government plans to auction minerals seized as part of efforts to promote transparent and legal mineral trading.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has proposed exempting workers earning KSh32,333 or less per month from Pay As You Earn income tax, in a move he says will increase disposable income for low-income households.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has defended the transfer of 4.5 billion shares in Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) from public entities to private investors, saying the transaction reflects growing confidence in Kenya's capital markets and will help mobilize funds for strategic infrastructure.

[Namibian] President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah wants Namibia and Angola to improve cross-border trade by reducing administrative delays, transport constraints and other obstacles that increase the cost of doing business.

[Nyasa Times] Malawian households have been dealt another painful cost of living blow after the amount needed by a typical family of six to cover basic needs climbed to almost K1.15 million a month in September.

[Vanguard] Abuja -- Nigeria's grid electricity supply crashed by 81.5 per cent to 675 megawatts (MW) at 1pm on Monday from 3,647MW, following a drop in the number of power plants supplying the national grid from 21 to 2.