A good explanation on why people overstay their welcome and a term that captures it well "the aura of indispensability"... economist.com/business/2024/…

The South African Reserve Bank will complete the transfer of $5.5 billion of profits on the nation’s gold and foreign-exchange reserves to the Treasury trib.al/iHvnwol

“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” - James Baldwin

South Africa’s unreliable electric grid is pushing the middle class toward solar panels, leaving poor people at the mercy of rising prices and new fees from utilities trib.al/O5vYoLP

🧵Johannesburg's poorest residents saw their electricity prices jump by 60% last month tinyurl.com/yc29djxm

A foreign currency crisis has forced Ethiopia to end half a century of currency controls. Here's what it all means trib.al/3GL6jJX

The Bank of Namibia diverged from South Africa’s monetary policy for the first time in more than a year to bolster its economy trib.al/iTC21pT

Mauritius’s rupee is set to build on its strongest quarter in more than a decade as tourism receipts in the Indian Ocean island nation’s summer months increase, according to Oxford Economics Africa. trib.al/I1XXhXJ

South Africa will need to expedite reforms that can boost growth to sustain investor inflows, according to the world’s largest investment banks trib.al/Vw4i05s

Most African central banks weighing interest rates over the next three weeks are set to lower them, wary that the window to ease further may narrow after Donald Trump becomes US president bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics Monique Vanek

Nigerian central bankers, emboldened by stronger-than-expected third quarter economic growth, are set to extend their more than two-year tightening cycle to temper inflation trib.al/TTBIo2t

Namibia is holding elections on Wednesday that have been billed as the most hotly contested since it gained independence in 1990 trib.al/sqU8wnf

Sam Nujoma, a former railway worker who served as Namibia’s president for 15 years after leading the diamond-rich nation’s struggle for independence, has died. He was 95. trib.al/7Lu10rT

Kenya expects to receive a $1.5 billion loan from the United Arab Emirates by the end of next week, according to people familiar with the matter trib.al/yJsizzt

Water gushing out of 43 Nielsen Road, Blarigowrie, pls fix and advise on ETA

A must-read by Monique Vanek, Yvonne Mhango. Check out the risk-o-meter

#Africa is changing fast—and the competition to invest is heating up. This Investor Guide done in collaboration with Bloomberg Africa's economist Yvonne Mhango shows you where the smart money is going and why... bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

As US #tariffs redraw traditional trade routes, African nations are becoming the quiet winners of world trade rewiring bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Commission of Inquiry on #Tigray Genocide investigation reveals extent of the damage to Tigray’s education system. It estimates that the education sector alone sustained $5.38 billion in damages and losses—the largest toll among all social sectors assessed thereporterethiopia.com/47611/

The treasures of Tutankhamun, one of Egypt’s most well-known pharaohs, goes on display today at Cairo's newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum. After 23 years of construction, the museum will open to the public, showcasing ‘King Tut’s’ full 5,398 collection for the first time.