[Scrolla] March and March leader Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma has called for another march on Thursday, 9 July, escalating pressure over immigration laws. She says President Cyril Ramaphosa has not responded to meeting requests, while meeting two of her own movement's allies instead.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Four Ugandans have filed a landmark lawsuit in the UK High Court seeking to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) from becoming operational.

[Premium Times] "The NCAA needs more funding, not less. If you weaken the regulator financially, you weaken safety oversight. Aviation regulators all over the world are adequately funded because they are responsible for protecting lives," says Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, NCAA

[Premium Times] The witness, a Zenith Bank official, said some of the suspicious transactions linked to Mr Emefiele took place outside the normal banking hours.

[Nile Post] Government has called for urgent interventions to address growing safety concerns among artisanal gold miners in Namayingo District, warning that poor safety practices and non-compliance with mining regulations are putting thousands of miners at risk.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.