[Bird Story Agency] A new coalition is challenging African fashion to turn its long traditions of repair, reuse and community production into a modern industrial strategy that keeps more jobs, knowledge and economic value on the continent.

[Bird Story Agency] Farmers are returning to cotton in coastal Kenya, while a new ginnery and one of the country's few surviving integrated textile mills are rebuilding links from field to factory.

[Premium Times] The Ogun State Head of Service said that N2.751 billion was released to pay gratuity to 432 beneficiaries, while another N4 billion was released for the payment of additional pension benefits to eligible retirees from July 2025 to date.

[allAfrica] Watu Kenya Country Manager Damien Gueroult says serving customers outside traditional banking starts with understanding how they earn, what they use financing for and what it takes to lend sustainably.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's Confederation of Business Associations (CTA) has appointed out to foreign currency shortages (particularly US dollars) and fuel crisis as the main constraints for the business environment during the second quarter of 2026.

[Nyasa Times] Malawi is on the brink of a digital identity revolution, with the government confirming it will launch the long-awaited Nzika Digital ID wallet next week -- seven months after President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika ordered officials to bring the country's identity system into the digital age.

[Global Compact] More than 2,000 African and global business leaders plus heads of state will gather in New York on September 20-21 for Unstoppable Africa, flagship event of the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI).

[Scrolla] People applying for debt review already commit 58.4% of their take-home pay to debt repayments, a new debt pressure index found. More than half of applicants surveyed weren't sure whether they were already under debt review, and a quarter of those who guessed got it wrong.

[Premium Times] The governor stressed that the contractors had assured the government that the work would be completed within two weeks.

[Premium Times] The union said its decision was prompted by the government's failure to fully implement the December 2025 agreement reached after years of negotiations.

[Nile Post] The State Minister for Energy and Mineral Development Phiona Nyamutoro has given Shiye Small Scale Mining Company 21 days to comply with mining regulations at the Kayungwe gold mining site in Kanungu District before the site can formally reopen.

[Foroyaa] The Member for Baddibu Central, Hon. Sulayman Saho, has called on the government to urgently improve road infrastructure, particularly in the North Bank Region, saying good roads are essential to increasing agricultural production, supporting rural communities and improving access to markets and public services.

[Foroyaa] Türkiye's outgoing Ambassador to The Gambia, Fahir Turker Oba, has said the door remains open for Turkish energy company Karpowership to return to The Gambia as the country continues to face serious electricity supply problems.

[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is continuing to monitor new reports of Pilchard Herpesvirus (PHV), which has triggered an unusual sardine mortality event.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in New Delhi, India, ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit, where South Africa will push for stronger trade and investment ties among member countries.

[Vanguard] Nigeria's crude oil production, excluding condensate, rose by 35,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.573 million bpd in August 2026, from 1.537 million bpd in July, according to the latest data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

[Vanguard] The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, NACC, has welcomed the signing by United States President Donald Trump of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, which extends the African Growth and Opportunity Act, AGOA, through December 31, 2028.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA's growing milk production faces a major challenge from inadequate cooling, storage and transportation systems, with researchers warning that poor handling causes milk to lose quality and value before reaching consumers and processors.

[Premium Times] Decades-old abandoned oil wells in Akwa Ibom are still raising fears of pollution, health risks and illegal crude activities as communities demand urgent assessment, cleanup and government action

[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Employment of Liberians in 1,552 entities monitored by the Ministry of Labor increased by about 77 percent between 2023 and July 2026, Labor Minister Cllr. Cooper Kruah has disclosed, as the government tightens restrictions on foreign work permits.

[Liberian Observer] Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan has warned that delays by the Government of Liberia in paying contractors, suppliers and other vendors can trigger a wider banking-sector crisis by turning government arrears into non-performing loans.

[Bird Story Agency] Northshore Apparel is turning industrial ambition into formal jobs in Savelugu. Its next phases could connect those sewing lines to northern Ghana's farmers and build a fuller local value chain.

[New Times] The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, September 10, approved a draft law authorising the ratification of an $80 million loan (about Rwf136.8 billion) from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) to support businesses affected by financing constraints.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An artificial intelligence-driven influence operation targeted former President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua while promoting Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi in a covert social media campaign ahead of Kenya's 2027 General Election, according to a threat intelligence report by global AI firm Anthropic.

[Vanguard] LAGOS -- Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has described the Dangote Refinery as more than an industrial project, saying its construction demonstrated Africa's capacity to execute ambitious projects on a market-changing scale.

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has restated its commitment to consolidate bilateral relations with key international partners at the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit, holding from Sept. 12 and 13.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- TANZANIA and Malawi have been urged to move beyond growing trade volumes and turn their expanding commercial ties into joint investments, manufacturing and value-added production that can create jobs and open access to wider African markets.

[Scrolla] The union says government employees are withdrawing their pension savings over and over again just to survive rising daily expenses. Food, transport and electricity prices keep going up faster than salaries, trapping desperate public workers in a damaging debt cycle.

[Premium Times] A UK High Court has ruled that allegations that witnesses who testified for Shell during earlier proceedings gave false or misleading evidence can be examined ahead of the full trial of a long-running oil pollution case brought by two Niger Delta communities.

[Bird Story Agency] Textile plants, mines and export zones are building their own electricity systems, creating a growing role for independent producers as African factories seek to avoid disruptions that can throttle production.