By XINHUA The number of foreign tourists that visited Tanzania from January to July this year rose by 62.7 percent year on year, the east African nation’s statistics watchdog said on Wednesday. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) director for economic statistics, Daniel Masolwa, said 742,133 foreign tourists visited Tanzania during the period under review compared…
Rola Alghoul, WAM (Emirates News Agency) A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said Tuesday. Cases have been growing rapidly in the southern African nation since authorities said the first infection was logged earlier this month, with reported deaths almost doubling…
Chris Mfula, Reuters News LUSAKA: Zambia’s central bank kept its monetary policy rate unchanged at 9.0% in a decision announced on Wednesday. The Bank of Zambia’s main lending rate has been at 9.0% since November 2021. Annual inflation peaked at 24.6% in the middle of last year and had declined steeply until June, when it reached…
Staff Writer, The Zimbabwean Under the new regulation announced by information minister Monica Mutsvangwa at Tuesday’s post cabinet briefing, members of the public will only have to wear masks indoors. Government introduced the wearing of face masks as a containment measure against Covid-19 three years ago.
By Jerry Omondi The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday announced it had awarded a landmark contract for the provision of 18 million doses of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine for a period of three years. The agency noted that the WHO-approved vaccine could potentially save thousands of lives every year. RTS,S/AS01 has already been piloted program…
Reuters CAIRO – The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will hike its overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points (bps) on Thursday as it works to keep inflation in check, a Reuters poll forecast. The median forecast in a poll of 15 analysts is for the CBE to raise deposit rates to 11.75% and its…
By Nelson Banya South Africa’s coal sales to Europe rose eight-fold during the first half of 2022 compared with last year as demand for the fossil fuel surged ahead of a ban on Russian coal, Thungela Resources said on Monday, 15 August. In April, the European Union announced a ban on coal imports from Russia as…
Staff Writer, Agency Tunis Afrique Press The results of quarterly national accounts for Q2 showed the annual economic growth stood at 2.8% The gross domestic product (GDP) posted a year-on-year growth of 2.8% in Q2 of 2022, the National iInstitute of Statistics (French: INS) said on Monday. The results of quarterly national accounts for Q2 showed…
By XINHUA Tanzania Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) signed 10 contracts with local companies for the construction of 33,091 kilometres of roads in districts across the country during the 2022/2023 financial year. Innocent Bashungwa, the Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for Regional Administration and Local Government, said the contracts to be implemented…
Reuters ABUJA – Nigeria’s annual inflation quickened in July to its highest level since 2005, official data showed on Monday, driven by price rises for food, fuel and clothing. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said inflation rose for the sixth straight month, hitting 19.64% from 18.60% year on year in June. NBS data showed the…
