[East African] Investments in the stockmarket have turned more than 9,000 Kenyans into dollar millionaires, with latest data showing that super-rich individuals have put at least a quarter of their money in listed companies.

[Guardian] Abuja and Maiduguri -Barring unplanned changes, telecommunication giant, MTN, will list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in or before June this year.MTN, while announcing its results for the year ended December 31, 2018, confirmed its intention to list by introduction on the NSE in the first half of 2019.

[Guardian] Telecommunications companies plying their trade in Nigeria, have cried out once again over what they described as, increasing tax burdens on their shrinking business.

[Guardian] With close to 38 per cent loss suffered investors due to free fall in equity prices in 2018, stakeholders have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his second term to prioritise the stock market as the most reliable medium to finance critical infrastructure.Dearth of infrastructure is routinely identified as the bane of doing business in Nigeria.

[Nation] Foreign investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in February recorded a net buying position for the first time in 16 months, taking positions on a number of blue chips with an eye on dividend and capital gain.

[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.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange closed last week in a low note, as only Sh15 million turnover was recorded on Friday, compared with Sh100 million the day before.

[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.

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has concluded a R15 billion loan facility with a consortium of local and international banks.

[SAnews.gov.za] Consumers will have to fork out more at the pumps as the price of petrol is set to increase by 7 cents a litre this week.

[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.

[The Herald] The National Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe has attributed the shortages of bread on the market to lack of foreign currency to import wheat to make flour.

[The Herald] ZESA Holdings lost electricity infrastructure worth almost $3,7 million in the first 10 months of last year due to vandalism - affecting power distribution in the process.

[The Herald] The National Social Security Authority has submitted a request to Government for an upward review of monthly pension payouts.

[Deutsche Welle] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied reports of a rift between himself and his deputy, a former army general who led the coup that toppled longtime ruler Robert Mugabe.