[East African] Fund managers in Kenya are working to safeguard pension funds from further erosion by a protracted bear run at the stockmarket.

[East African] East African stockmarkets are gearing up for stiff competition from private equity investments this year, with analysts saying it will make matters worse for the already struggling exchanges.

[Zimbabwe Independent] Many manufacturers could be forced to halt operations if government fails to arrest the crippling currency crisis within the next 10 days as most companies are left with less than a month's stock of raw materials, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has warned.

[Zimbabwe Independent] Gains on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) helped spur the life assurance industry as total assets for life assurers and assets supporting life reassurance grew 6,7% to US$2,8 billion in the nine months ending September 30 2018 from US$2,6 billion in H2 2018.

[East African] Investors and players in the energy sector are raising questions over President Yoweri Museveni's directive to Umeme to renegotiate the concession agreement it signed with the government.

[Addis Fortune] The Ministry of Trade & Industry has mandated that soybeans and chickpeas only be traded through the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX).

[The Herald] The recent inflation spike coupled with volatility on the parallel market, low interest rates and a hazy economic outlook are just a few ingredients of what seems to be a rather distasteful beverage being served to investors in Zimbabwe.

[This Day] Crude oil prices climbed for a fifth session in a row to hit $58 yesterday, rallying from last December 2018's 18-month low, thanks to the production cuts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and more stable equity markets.

[Vanguard] Some sports analysts had questioned the rationale of throwing open the 2018 National Sports Festival in Abuja. However, Imabong Nse Uko gave these experts, and indeed the Nigerian athletics family quite an amount of thrill to ruminate over.

[Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM Stock Exchange (DSE) domestic market capitalization has declined by 6.5 per cent pulled down by price drop experienced in nine counters in three months to last December.

[Guardian] The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has launched the X-Bot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Chatbot that responds directly and automatically to enquiries through Facebook Messenger.

[The Exchange] Nairobi, Kenya -Britam Holdings (Plc) has issued a profit warning for its 2018 financials, saying its earnings are likely to be at least 25 per cent lower than the previous year.

[The Exchange] Nairobi, Kenya -Trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) commenced on a low pace in the first trade of 2019,as the market made a comeback from the long December-New Year holidays that had reduced investor activities.

[ANGOP] Luanda -129 élèves de l'Ecole primaire catholique "Notre Dame de Lumière" ont effectué jeudi, à Luanda, une visite aux installations de l'Aéroport international "4 Fereiro", dans le cadre des activités extrascolaires en cours dans cet établissement scolaire.

[Lejecos.com] La proportion d'enfants non scolarisés dans le monde a à peine diminué ces 10 dernières années, a déclaré mercredi le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF).

[Camer.be] Le véhicule de quatre roues conçu par un étudiant de l'Ecole polytechnique de Maroua roule à 80 km/h.

[Camer.be] Ces derniers qui étaient accompagnés d'Equipes mobiles d'animation populaire urbaine et rurale (Emapur), ont lundi 04 septembre dernier, lancé les premières activités de sensibilisation pour le compte de l'opération « Rentrées scolaires Citoyennes et Patriotiques ».

[Sud Quotidien] Le Mouvement d'action catholique regroupant des enseignants catholiques, communément appelé Equipes Enseignantes du Sénégal (Ees), a alerté sur les fuites et fraudes massives notées aux examens du Baccalauréat et du Brevet de fin d'études moyennes (Bfem) de la session 2017.

[Radio Okapi] Le gouvernement provincial du Haut-Katanga est «très satisfait» de l'effectivité de la rentrée scolaire dans la province, a rapporté mercredi 6 septembre à la presse le ministre provincial de l'éducation, Gaston Musemena, après une ronde dans les écoles publiques de Lubumbashi.

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