Mozambique is bracing for Tropical Cyclone Chido to strike Sunday with winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour and 250 milimeters of rain trib.al/qzxo6sZ

The radical new approach to ecotourism and conservation is being piloted next year in São Tomé and Príncipe, the “Galapagos of Africa” trib.al/kYi5Dlh

Ethiopia is opening a stock exchange after a five-decade gap, its latest step to lure investors as it recovers from a civil war trib.al/8PcpPDJ

The UK is considering front-loading its funding package for Mauritius as part of a sweetened deal ceding sovereignty of the Chagos islands, including a key UK-US military base, to the Indian Ocean nation trib.al/mw8Q3U4

Mozambique is considering restructuring its public debt after losing about 42 billion meticais ($658 million) of revenues in post-election unrest, the country's new finance minister said trib.al/n0rAjkH

South Africa should end its “excessive” regulatory burden and revamp its Black-ownership laws to remove the “signs of paralysis” that plague its economy, the World Bank said trib.al/QMF94lS

A tropical cyclone interrupted a coal export rail line in Mozambique, and cut off the nation's main highway trib.al/UmqpqVA

Ethiopian Airlines and African Development Bank will partner to build a new airport that’s estimated to cost $7.8 billion and is set to be Africa’s largest trib.al/vcuL7hb

Macron’s approval rating jumps 5 points in Ipsos poll bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Alan Katz

The cost of power cuts to South Africa’s economy plunged 83% last year as supply stabilized, a Council for Scientific and Industrial Research report showed trib.al/oGuEB6J

Kenya has reneged on its obligations to the IMF and foregone $850 million in funding trib.al/775Su9r

Ethiopia may consider reshuffling the interim government in the volatile Tigray region where factional wrangling is threatening to reignite a conflict that could draw in neighboring Eritrea trib.al/Pwc2iLB

Ethiopia has reaches an agreement in principle with its bondholders on the main financial parameters for the restructuring of $8.4 billion of international debt under the G20 Common Framework, its finance ministry says trib.al/1ooC0f0

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South Africa, with the help of a $1 billion loan from the World Bank, is devising a plan to reverse the decline of the country's biggest cities trib.al/QsvoGSM

Glencore-owned Astron Energy is calling for South Africa to improve oversight of growing fuel imports along with measures to keep its Cape Town refinery viable trib.al/q58DrFI

Cape Town, South Africa’s main tourist hub, is prepared to make a modest contribution toward the cost of hosting a Formula 1 race as the country bids for its first Grand Prix in more than three decades trib.al/znZif7l

Mauritius, a tiny island paradise in Africa, is one of the world’s fastest-growing wealth markets. It's trying to capitalize on the boom by courting family offices, wealth managers and fintech firms to diversify its economy. Kamlesh Bhuckory bloomberg.com/news/features/…

South Africa’s key export industries are becoming increasingly vulnerable as climate policies like cross-border carbon taxes gain traction, study says bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Two planned megaprojects in Mozambique that could change its economic trajectory finally seem to be gaining momentum bloomberg.com/news/newslette…