[Daba Finance] Kenyan investors could gain access to Dangote Petroleum Refinery shares through Global Depositary Receipts traded on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, creating a local route into Africa's largest IPO. Renaissance Capital is developing the structure, subject to approval from Kenya's Capital Markets Authority and the NSE, with a potential launch in early December.

[Liberian Observer] The Government of Liberia will on Thursday, October 1, 2026, open its Executive Budget Hearings for Fiscal Year 2027, beginning a critical review of spending proposals as the government moves to formulate the country's next national budget.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Bamburi Cement Plc is seeking to supply more than one million tonnes of cement and concrete products to the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery in Lamu.

[ANGOP] Talatona -- The minister of transport, Ricardo de Abreu, on Wednesday (30) in Luanda highlighted the strong engagement of the private sector in transnational infrastructure investment, a fact that reinforces the Angolan government's commitment to hosting the 3rd edition of the Transport and Logistics summit, scheduled for the yeaar 2027.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) denies that the country is facing another fuel shortage despite long queues of vehicles at filling stations in Maputo and other cities.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's foreign exchange market has recorded a high volume of currency trading between January and August of this year, with commercial banks purchasing 5.73 billion US dollars.

[AIM] Maputo -- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambique (CPMO), meeting in Maputo on Wednesday, has decided to continue keeping its benchmark interest rate, known as the MIMO rate, at 9.25 per cent.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) says it will only support bankable projects that can guarantee a return on investment, sending a clear message to policymakers and project developers seeking funding from the insurance and pensions industry.

[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Airtel Uganda has handed over a dividend cheque worth sh42,609,880,000 to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), representing returns on the Fund's investment in the telecommunications company.

[Premium Times] "The people who really didn't want Aliko to succeed in cement production is a French company called Lafarge, and they put every obstacle on Aliko's way, just as they are still doing to us today," Mr Obasanjo said.

[UCT] The era of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, and reimagining a future where universities shift gear and leverage AI for its constituents' and societal benefit is an imperative.

[Premium Times] "Nigeria was like a sick patient who receives the terrible news that he has cancer."

[Daily Maverick] A R20 saving on value-brand sugar exposes how packaging and marketing can drive up food prices, while civil society urges the government to rethink grants and its nutrition policy.

[Liberian Observer] World Bank Group Liberia Country Manager Georgia Wallen has challenged Liberian journalists to move beyond reporting official statistics and headline events to uncover the untold stories of citizens and communities whose experiences are shaping the country's development.

[ISS] The two entrepreneurs represent distinct forms of business leadership, and governments must create the conditions for both to thrive.

[Independent (Kampala)] Lamu, Kenya -- President Yoweri Museveni has backed the construction of a mega petroleum refinery at Lamu in Kenya, but says Uganda will not invest in the project for now.

[Horn Diplomat] Lamu, Kenya -- Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote and African leaders have launched a $16 billion oil refinery project on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, aiming to reduce East Africa's reliance on imported fuel and expand the region's industrial capacity.

[Premium Times] He said the Nigerian economy has grown by over 4 per cent, oil theft is down, inflation has fallen, and foreign reserves have been rebuilt.

[Premium Times] President Bola Tinubu says his administration will continue to strengthen primary healthcare as part of efforts to improve essential public services for poorer Nigerians.

[Premium Times] The President said his administration will prioritise reducing the cost of living by lowering agricultural production and transportation costs, expanding mechanised farming and investing in infrastructure, as he defended the economic reforms introduced since 2023.

[Premium Times] According to the president, the oil and non-oil sectors contributed to the growth, with improved foreign exchange stability, lower inflation, and stronger non-oil exports.

[Premium Times] Mr Tinubu said the reduction in oil theft had contributed to improvements in the oil sector.

[Premium Times] "Our reforms did not create the weaknesses in our economy. They confronted them," Mr Tinubu said.

[Premium Times] "By 2023, poverty was rising, and hope was nearly gone. The country's situation was darker than ever. We had no choice but to act," Mr Tinubu said.

[L'Express] The first three articles in this series made a similar argument three times: Mauritius has the legal framework, and the missing piece is a single pilot. Central bank digital currencies break that pattern. Here, Mauritius already has something running. The Bank of Mauritius has been piloting a retail Digital Rupee with a commercial bank since 2024, with technical assistance from the IMF dating back to 2020. That is real progress, and it puts Mauritius ahead of most peers discussed elsewhere in this series.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Stronger policies, suitable financing and access to technology are key to Kenya's transition from a linear economy to a circular model that keeps resources in use and creates new business and livelihood opportunities.

[Daily Trust] Kenyan President William Ruto and other African leaders on Wednesday joined the President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, to break ground for a $16 billion petroleum refinery and petrochemicals complex in Lamu, Kenya.

[Nyasa Times] There is a particular kind of queue that tells you more about the state of a nation than any government press release. It forms outside a filling station, it does not move for hours, and everyone in it already knows what the attendant is going to say before he says it. Those queues are back in Malawi, and they are getting longer.

[Premium Times] The Tinubu administration has extended the implementation of the capital component of the 2025 budget four times.

[allAfrica]