[Namibian] Justice and labour relations minister Wise Immanuel says talks between workers and employers should be the first step in resolving workplace problems before workers resort to strikes or demonstrations.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa's global business services (GBS) sector presents significant opportunities for economic growth, job creation and youth skills development.

[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R20.1 billion in July 2026, driven by trade with Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN), according to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Liberia's cocoa and coffee farmers risk losing the market that buys about 65% of their crop, because the country still has no farm mapping, geolocation or traceability system four months before European Union rules barring imports tied to deforestation take effect.

[Radio Dalsan] Turkish Ambassador Alper Aktaş says Ankara will maintain its support for Somali security forces while expanding cooperation in energy, fisheries and other strategic sectors.

[263Chat] The death toll from the horrific road accident along the Harare-Masvingo Highway has risen to 28 police say with 25 of the victims now identified by their next of kin.

[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced that the $300 helicopter levy imposed for air navigational services will remain in force, following a ministerial review.

[Liberian Observer] There is something fundamentally wrong with a financial system if its proudest measure of inclusion is how many more poor people can borrow, rather than how many borrowers eventually become stronger businesses, employers, homeowners, farmers and wealth creators.

[Liberian Observer] Former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the 54th National Legislature, Dr. Bohfal Chambers, has described Liberia's more than US$1 billion Fiscal Year 2026 National Budget as a "conundrum," questioning whether its size reflects the realities confronting ordinary Liberians.

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[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government has said that over the past five years small-scale miners have contributed about 40 per cent of government revenue from mining, highlighting their growing role in the sector.

[Daily Trust] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country recorded a total of $3.8 billion in remittance inflows through international money transfer operators (IMTOs) in the first seven months of 2026.

[Scrolla] Diesel rises by nearly R3 a litre, petrol by R1.34, and paraffin by R2.13 a litre, all from Wednesday, 2 September. A family living on minimum wage is already short by almost half on food money, even before this new fuel increase.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Bank of Mozambique, in its role as regulator of the national financial system, has ordered credit institutions and financial companies, including mobile wallet operators, to refund a total of 1.15 million US dollars to their customers, following improper commission and fee charges applied in the first half of this year.

[IPS] NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 1 2026 (IPS) - Open a can of something fizzy and the reason the sugar doesn't separate immediately is gum arabic, tapped by hand from acacia trees across the Sahel. Spray on perfume and the reason the scent is still there at dinner is frankincense, a resin cut from Boswellia trees on the dry escarpments of the Horn of Africa. The fat that gives a chocolate bar its snap may well be shea, gathered and pressed by women in the parkland belt of West Africa. The cashmere jumper came from

[New Times] When the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) signed its Host Country Agreement with Rwanda in 2016, it put a formal stamp on a partnership that had started three years earlier with the ascension of Rwanda into the intergovernmental organisation dedicated to accelerating the shift to a green economy.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- Recent statistics from Tanzania's Ministry of Agriculture for the 2023/2024 season reveal a significant shift in seed production and utilization.

[Leadership] Presidential candidate of the Accord Party, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said his proposed ₦605 per litre petrol price is only the starting point of a broader energy policy that could eventually bring the price down to between ₦200 and ₦300 per litre.

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Bank of Botswana says headline inflation has eased to 9.4 per cent in July 2026, down from 10.7 per cent in June, though it remains above the central bank's medium-term objective range of three to six percent. Delivering the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) statement recently, the bank's governor, Mr Lesego Moseki attributed the decline primarily to the downward adjustment of domestic fuel prices on July 7, which shaved 2.3 percentage points off headline inflation.

[Vanguard] NEMBE CREEK -- The stench of crude oil hangs heavy over the Nembe Creek communities, coating mangroves, centuries-old trees, and the waterways that have sustained generations of fishermen.

[Vanguard] The electricity tariff subsidy obligation of the Federal Government (FG) stood at N1.92 trillion in 2025, as the government continues to absorb the gap between cost-reflective electricity tariffs and rates paid by customers, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

[Capital FM] At a time when geopolitical conflict, rising debt and economic uncertainty are weakening confidence across much of the world, China is sending a different signal: it is adapting, innovating and creating new engines of growth.

[Premium Times] Four years after Nigeria tightened its anti-gas flaring laws, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation finds weak enforcement, rising methane emissions, with oil-producing communities paying severely for these.

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[Premium Times] Besides establishing Ibom Air and overseeing its steady growth, the Emmanuel administration also built the new international terminal at the Uyo airport, which has continued to enthrall air passengers.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Aviation workers have called off their industrial action and resumed normal duties after reaching a return-to-work agreement with their employers, ending a standoff that threatened to disrupt operations in the aviation sector.

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[This Day] Nomba, a financial services company for African businesses, and Synafare, a fintech focused on renewable-energy financing, have announced a N2 billion commitment to expand access to solar-energy financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria.

[Premium Times] Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc acquired a massive 14,020 hectares across the Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz regions of Ethiopia.

[Premium Times] Mr Falana said making the crude available to domestic refiners would reduce Nigeria's dependence on imported petroleum products and help ease the hardship caused by the removal of petrol subsidy.