[Scrolla] City Power's Gross Margin Turnaround Project, led by CEO Tshifularo Mashava, aims to recover R2.9-billion in revenue by June 2026. City Power resolved most of over 4,000 billing queries from the City of Johannesburg, with under 800 cases still outstanding.

[Scrolla] Katleho Chacha, 28, from Chiawelo, Soweto, launched Mr Bartender in February, selling dehydrated fruit garnishes made from his home kitchen. Chacha works as a relationship manager at MFC, part of Nedbank, and hopes to get Mr Bartender into retail stores.

[Scrolla] The Cape Town taxi driver earns R1,300 a week but says the money is gone before he pays his bills. The taxi driver washes cars after his shift, charges R100 to R120 per wash and saves through a weekly stokvel.

[Scrolla] The Algoa Bus Company serves routes between Gqeberha, Kariega and Despatch, and the strike has halted all services since Monday. Algoa Bus changed disciplinary rules so some offences now mean immediate dismissal rather than warnings, prompting workers to walk out.

[The Point] On the edge of Nairobi's industrial zone, engineer Tadesse Tessema is attempting a bold first for East Africa: to build a truly Kenyan electric vehicle, manufactured in Kenya and for Kenyans. His company, TAD Motors, has already rolled out five vehicle brands from a modest workshop, using locally sourced steel and electronic components imported from China.

[The Point] The National People's Party (NPP) has strongly condemned recent remarks made by former Vice President Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang, in which she alleged that the party was using European Union (EU) funds to finance its initiatives.

[Nile Post] As Uganda moves closer to its long-awaited first oil production in 2026, health experts are raising concerns about the country's preparedness to handle potential industrial burn disasters.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique intends to build "a modern, sustainable and competitive energy sector, capable of driving the economic transformation of our country and contributing to the energy security of the region and the world', declared President Daniel Chapo in Brussels on Tuesday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- National Treasury has flagged widespread underutilisation of public assets despite years of substantial investment.

[Leadership] Nigeria's combined crude oil and condensate output dipped to 1.48 million barrels per day (mbpd) in February 2026, down sharply from 1.62mbpd in January.

[Leadership] Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp) has announced a major breakthrough in addressing longstanding liquidity constraints within its power business, revealing that it has reached strategic settlement agreements over its multi-billion naira receivables.

[Premium Times] The lesson from every Middle East crisis is clear: global energy shocks will continue to occur, and their effects will continue to reverberate across the world. For Africa's oil-rich but refining-poor economies, the real challenge is not merely surviving these shocks but using them as catalysts for structural transformation...Until that transformation occurs, events thousands of miles away in the Middle East will continue to shape the daily economic realities of millions of African citizens...

[Premium Times] In an open letter on Tuesday, Mr Onobrakpeya called on Mr Tinubu's government to allocate a fixed percentage of public infrastructure budgets for art.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Office of the Auditor-General has flagged a lack of a clear governance framework guiding Kenya's fuel subsidy programme, raising concerns over accountability and sustainability of billions spent to stabilize pump prices.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Government of Liberia(GoL) has announced that while it is making efforts to ensure the steady supply of essential commodities amid the ongoing tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, it cannot guarantee control over rising prices on the local market.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Standard Chartered Kenya posted a 38 percent decline to Sh12.4 billion in profit after tax for the full year ending December 31, 2025, weighed down by declining net interest and non-interest incomes.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Equity Group Holdings posted a 55 percent jump in profit after tax to Sh75.5 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, driven by strong performance across its local and regional subsidiaries.

[Liberian Investigator] The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has reaffirmed its role as a regulator, not a service provider, as it launches a month-long consumer awareness campaign to strengthen public understanding of rights and protections in the telecommunications sector.

[Nyasa Times] As households and businesses strain under rising costs, high interest rates, and stubborn inflation, Standard Bank plc has posted a striking K121.7 billion profit after tax--marking a 41 percent surge that sets it apart from the broader economic hardship gripping the country.

[Nyasa Times] Standard Bank Plc has emerged as a key driver of governance reform in Malawi's public sector, contributing K66 million to the Parastatal Board Members Orientation Programme. The move underscores the bank's commitment to strengthening leadership, accountability, and strategic oversight in state-owned institutions.

[Daily Trust] Despite the drop of Nigeria's Headline Inflation figure to 15.06 percent in the month of February, increase in prices of some food commodities saw a spike in monthly food inflation, the National Bureau of Statistics has reported.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has provided an update on an independent forensic investigation into irregularities in seven contracts awarded for the refurbishment and extension of the service life of the agency's legacy rolling stock fleet.

[SAnews.gov.za] Approximately 3.4 million households have registered for government housing assistance, Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane told the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Tuesday.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Italy has reaffirmed its commitment to support Ethiopia's flagship infrastructure projects, pledging financing for the Koysha Hydropower Project and key components of the planned Bishoftu Airport, as both nations deepen strategic economic cooperation.

[SADC] The Southern Africa Regional Workshop on Combating Mineral Crimes was held at the Avani Hotel in Gaborone, Botswana, from 9 to 11 March 2026. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the SADC Secretariat, with support from the Government of Japan.

[Vanguard] The supply of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas declined by 8.5 percent, on a month-on-month, MoM basis to 4.7 metric tonnes per day in February 2026 from 5.1 metric tonnes per day in December 2025.

[Afreximbank] The Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA), one of its flagship programmes designed to strengthen Africa's trade finance capacity by enhancing trade-related skills and addressing critical capacity gaps, enabling the continent to compete more effectively in global markets.

[Daily Trust] The arrival of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu in London on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, marks the beginning of a transformative era in Nigeria-UK relations.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi's bid to secure Sh280 million for refurbishing his office is facing mounting resistance in Parliament, with lawmakers questioning both the timing and necessity of the expenditure amid growing calls for government austerity.