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[Nile Post] The government has leased a large piece of land in Tororo District that previously housed offices of the National Livestock Resources Research Institute to the newly established Africa Tech University, a private institution expected to transform the area into a major centre for higher learning.

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[Nile Post] President Museveni has emphasized that educating the girl child remains central to empowering women and transforming societies, noting that Uganda's long-standing education reforms have significantly expanded opportunities for girls across the country.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly of Kenya Budget and Appropriations Committee has proposed a Sh2.878 trillion national government spending ceiling for the 2026/27 financial year as part of its consideration of the Budget Policy Statement.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has signed into law the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) Bill, 2026, marking a shift in how the government will finance and manage large-scale development projects.

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[Vanguard] The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has declared that unlocking the productive capacity of women-led enterprises and integrating them into formal trade systems are key to achieving Nigeria's ambition to lead intra-African trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

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[spotlight] Despite the proven benefits of newborn hearing screening and early intervention, universal screening is not yet mandated in South Africa and is only available at a few public hospitals.

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Standard Bank, the biggest bank in Africa by assets, is the leading  sponsor of the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), which has proudly supported 10

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Antananarivo, 05 March 2026 — More than USD 29 million has been mobilised to support Madagascar’s response  and recovery following tropical cyclones

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[allAfrica] Women continue to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and this is unacceptable. While Africa has made progress in reducing maternal mortality since 2000, the region still needs a twelve-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to meet the Sustainable Development Goal, according to the estimates from the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group.

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[Afreximbank] The Federal Government of Nigeria, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat will officially sign the Hosting Agreement for the 2027 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2027) at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts in Lagos on Monday, 9 March 2026.

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[Scrolla] Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says women and girls can continue using sanitary products without fear.

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[Shabelle] Mogadishu, March 8, 2026 -- Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday formally signed the country's new constitution, marking a major step in the nation's state-building process after it was approved by both houses of the federal parliament.

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Across the continent, a new wave of founders is rethinking how Africans move: for business, for culture, for opportunity. One of them is Damilola Osikoya,

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[Afreximbank] Cairo -- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) welcomes GCR Ratings' ("GCR") latest Rating action on the Bank, affirming the Bank's international scale long and short-term issuer ratings of A and A2 respectively. The outlook was revised to "Stable" from "Rating Watch Evolving".

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At least 42 people have died, local media reported Monday. Most of the deaths occured in the capital, Nairobi

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The fellowship was launched by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) and is implemented under the Africa-Australia

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The 6th Africa Fintech Forum officially announces a high-impact event featuring senior regulators, top banking executives, decision makers, fintech innovators

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Julie Muriuki, Adjunct facilitator and consultant at Nia Delta

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[Daily Maverick] South Africa's landmark market inquiry imposed financial remedies on Google but not Meta. With publisher and platform appeals still hidden from public view, the question deserves closer scrutiny.

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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father's hardline leadership