[Independent (Kampala)] Mombasa -President Yoweri Museveni will be the first visiting head of state to take the Makadara Express train on the new Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa to Nairobi in Kenya.
[Monitor] Moyo -Farmers under Robijame Farmers' Group in Palorinya East Village, Itula Sub-county in Moyo District, are set to benefit from Shs1.8b irrigation scheme project developed by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) with support from the government of Japan.
[Monitor] Kampala -The newly appointed chief executive officer of KPMG East Africa hopes to build on his predecessor's reign at the helm of the audit company.
[Monitor] Mombasa -Ugandan and Kenyan traders will be the biggest beneficiaries after their two countries yesterday signed a raft of agreements meant to ease trade, cement political ties and improve their social/cultural connections.
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabwe's continued currency unpredictability is affecting proper and internationally expected financial reporting standards, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) chief executive, Gloria Zvaravanhu has said.
[The Exchange] The Kenyan government has set aside a Kshs 3 billion cherry fund kitty to allow coffee farmers to access the funds at an interest of 3 per cent per annum.
[RFI] Seven years in the making, the Continental Free Trade Area is almost established. A minimum of 22 states is needed to bring the trade bloc into force; only 21 African states have so far ratified the agreement. Nigeria, the continent's largest economy, is still considering whether to join the club.
[Citizen] Babati -Manyara Region, the home of famous tanzanite gemstones, wants to set up mineral buying centres, it was announced here at the weekend.
[Namibian] Trade Union Congress of Namibia's secretary general Mahongora Kavihuha has urged president Hage Geingob to use his "authority and power" as SADC chairperson to intervene in the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.
[East African] Africa's leading carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has upped the competition for the US market, with this week's announcement that it will introduce three-times-a-week flights to the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, adding to its flights to the city's Newark International Airport.
[AIM] London -The US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has warned that southern Mozambique and parts of the centre of the country are facing a food crisis due to December's abnormally high temperatures and late rains.
[The Conversation Africa] Sport has always been influenced by industrial revolutions through the millenia, starting way back in the late 18th century with the first industrial revolution. Each one since has dramatically affected sporting activities.
[Balancing Act] London -As mobile operators pivot their business to a more data centric future, lowering their CAPEX through shared infrastructure becomes ever more important. One of the key players - CSquared - brings together investment from Convergence Partners and Google. Russell Southwood talks to its new Group CEO Lanre Kolade about its future plans.
[Ghanaian Times] Mobile telecommunications services are fundamental for the effective functioning of the State as they are critical for national security and for economic and social activity.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -Health Services have been paralysed in hospitals within 23 counties as nurses protested delayed allowances and the non-implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) negotiated in November 2017.
