[New Era] African parliaments have been urged to strengthen their oversight of public finances through well-resourced and independent Parliamentary Budget Offices (PBOs) as the continent confronts rising debt vulnerabilities, illicit financial flows, procurement inefficiencies and increasing demands for public services.

[This Day] Nigerians can invest in Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals with a minimum subscription of N5,250 under an initial public offering launched recently. The company is offering 4.1 billion ordinary shares at N525 each. The offer, valued at about N2.15 trillion if fully subscribed, opened September 14 and is scheduled to close October 13.

[Vanguard] Cavista Holdings brought together African and U.S. business leaders, investors, policymakers and development finance stakeholders in New York on Monday, September 21, for its annual U.S.-Africa Leadership Dinner, held on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

[Leadership] The federal government and the United States have signed an agreement to deepen American investment in Nigeria's mining sector and promote greater development of the country's mineral resources, estimated by the government at about $700 billion.

[UG Diplomat] Kampala -- Uganda and the European Union have marked five decades of partnership with the launch of a special photo exhibition highlighting the lives and work of 12 Ugandans whose experiences reflect the breadth of EU-Uganda cooperation.

[Independent (Kampala)] Moroto -- Euro Gold Refinery has signed an agreement with the Kakoka Artisanal Miners Association in Abim District to support licensed gold production and improve access to formal markets, as Uganda seeks to strengthen oversight of its artisanal mining sector.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Council of Governors (CoG) has called for stronger partnerships and increased investment in technology to accelerate healthcare transformation across Kenya's 47 counties.

[Agenzia Fides] Niamey -- Niger's military junta is seeking to relaunch the country's uranium mining industry with the signing of an agreement with Australian company Atomic Eagle, through which the State of Niger has established the Madaouela Mining Company (MAMICO). The company, 60% owned by Atomic Eagle and 40% by the Nigerien State, plans to revive uranium mining operations in Agadez, in the central-northern part of the country.

[ENA] The Horn of Africa is on the cusp of a significant transformation, driven by a new 660 million USD infrastructure project. This project promises to revolutionize the way Ethiopia receives, stores, and distributes petroleum products. At the heart of this project is a 120-kilometer refined petroleum pipeline linking Damerjog in Djibouti with Dewele in Ethiopia.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's push to commence commercial crude oil production by the end of 2026 has gained momentum following the arrival of an onshore drilling rig for the South Lokichar oil development at the Port of Mombasa.

[Premium Times] The reclassification leaves total shareholders' funds unchanged

[Scrolla] Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa wants Eskom to pay free basic electricity directly to households, cutting municipalities out of the process. He says municipalities receive R21 billion a year for the benefit but often redirect it to other spending pressures instead.

[New Era] Every trustee of a small or stand-alone pension fund should ask: Can our fund and members afford to comply with FIMA and remain economically viable?

[Capital FM] Baby Banda is East and Central Africa's leading mum and baby brand, launched in 2008 to support mothers through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

[Nile Post] The Government is in the process of acquiring an Artificial Intelligence-powered system to help curb adult and offensive content being shared on social media and other digital platforms.

[New Dawn] PLEEBO, Maryland County, September 24, 2026: The Chairman of the National Rubber Brokers and Farmers Union of Liberia, Maryland Branch, Wellington Kyne, has called for stronger cooperation among rubber farmers, brokers, investors and the Cavalla Rubber Corporation to develop a more reliable local market and increase the sector's contribution to Maryland County's economy.

[This Day] Nigeria and the United States have signed a framework agreement to deepen American investment in Nigeria's solid minerals sector, with cooperation spanning geological data and exploration, mineral development and processing, infrastructure and technical capacity.

[allAfrica] Uganda Begins $121M South Sudan Power Interconnection Project

[Premium Times] The framework is expected to use the relationship between the Nigerian and US governments as a foundation for business-to-business transactions and investment across Nigeria's mineral value chain.

[Daily News] Dodoma -- TANZANIA'S mining sector has undergone profound transformation, evolving from a struggling industry into the primary engine powering the nation's economic growth, courtesy of strategic reforms unlocking record-breaking investment and revenue.

[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- CASH remains overwhelmingly king across Tanzania's public transport sector, with electronic transactions accounting for only 6.8 per cent of fares collected over the past four years, official data show.

[Nile Post] Uganda has commenced implementation of the South Sudan-Uganda Power Interconnection Project (SUPIP) after securing UA 91.7 million, equivalent to about US$121 million, from the African Development Fund (ADF) to finance the Ugandan component of the regional electricity project.

[Daba Finance] South Africa's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.25%, its second increase this year, as higher fuel costs and services inflation added to price pressure. All 6 members of the Monetary Policy Committee backed the increase, which matched the forecast of most economists.

[Bird Story Agency] South African designer Wanda Lephoto argues that Africa's competitive advantage in fashion is not only its fibre or factories, but the cultural knowledge, inherited craft and human collaboration that turn cloth into something the world cannot reproduce.

[allAfrica] The landscape changes as the road winds into Kitui County.

[allAfrica] The country has proved that economic momentum is possible. Its harder task is to make growth survive conflict--and turn people, farms and renewable power into jobs, exports and a more durable prosperity.

[allAfrica] Africa's most populous country has the market, energy and entrepreneurial talent of a global power. What it still lacks is the productive machinery that can make scale work for its citizens.

[allAfrica] For centuries, Egypt's power has flowed from the Nile and its position between continents. In the twenty-first century, the question is whether geography can become industry--and strategic relevance become broadly shared prosperity.

[Bird Story Agency] In Cameroon's northern cotton belt, growers are combining carefully controlled seed multiplication with trees, crop residue and water-conserving field design to improve yields and withstand dry spells.

[Bird Story Agency] Money saved from selling bracelets helped 25-year-old Brian Hamubotu establish a growing bag-manufacturing business that employs and trains 14 young Zambians. Now he wants a larger workshop and modern machinery to extend those opportunities to thousands more.