AFRICA

Tanzania plans to produce over 670,000 tons of sugar annually by 2024 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA |  A senior Tanzanian government official said on Saturday plans are afoot to increase production of sugar from the current 367,000 tons annually to 672,000 tons annually by 2024. Gerson Msigwa, the …

Cyclists promoting EAC integration stuck at Burundi border Bujumbura, Burundi | THE INDEPENDENT | The woes of the Great African Cyclists Safari team currently traversing the East African Community countries has exposed the region’s uncoordinated policies. For four years now, the Great African Cycling Safari has organised the East African Bicycle …

Lusaka, Zambia | Xinhua | Lawmakers in Zambia on Friday chose prominent lawyer Nelly Mutti as the country’s first woman Speaker of the National Assembly. Cecilia Mbewe, clerk of the National Assembly, declared Mutti as the Speaker after the nomination went through unopposed. Mutti was duly elected during the first session …

IFC is working with stakeholders across the East Africa region to extend credit information system to cover the digital mobile lenders Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The International Finance Corporation (IFC) said on Thursday it plans to promote the uptake of mobile digital loans in East Africa in order to boost …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is set to launch a new project in Nigeria to protect victims of trafficking as well as smuggled migrants while they are in transit. The project, scheduled to be launched in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday, seeks to provide assistance …

Emerging technologies like cloud services are accompanied by risk of sophisticated attacks like email phishing, malware, identity theft and data intrusion Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The risk of cyber attack among large and small business entities in Africa escalated at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when remote working gained …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business leaders and experts have cast doubt on whether the East African Community will benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, that took effect January 1 this year. The AfCFTA is a trading arrangement supported by 54 African countries to create a single …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to racism on the occasion of the first-ever International Day for People of African Descent, which falls on Aug. 31 each year. This day is a celebration of the enormous contributions of people of African descent …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Somali National Army (SNA) confirmed Tuesday a senior al-Shabab leader surrendered to the government forces in the central town of Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state. The SNA said Ali Ibrahim has been the head of the al-Qaida allied terrorist group’s health office in the Galgaduud …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AIRSPACE AFRICA | Uganda Airlines is finalizing negotiations with Air Tanzania and Precision Air to seal interline partnerships and enhance collaboration within the region According to aviation website Airspace Africa  , the news was revealed by the Ugandan national carrier’s country manager for Tanzania, Lucy Ismail while …