By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on NewsDay
Illustrative image · Elizabeth Lizzie · Pexels · Licence PexelsZvamaida Primary School, in Chegutu District, Zimbabwe, has received three classroom blocks and a library through a partnership between Hope for African Communities UK and Rotary International. The project aims to improve learning conditions and access to education in rural communities, NewsDay reports.
Zimbabwean Vice-President Kembo Mohadi launched the Great Dyke Smart City project, which plans to build 6,000 homes in Kadoma, Mashonaland West province. The project is intended to help meet housing needs through a partnership between the state and the private sector, NewsDay reports.
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The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation (SMEDCO), a Zimbabwean body that finances small and medium-sized enterprises, has secured a BBB credit rating from the International Credit Rating Agency. The rating is expected to make affordable financing more accessible to small businesses and support SMEDCO’s goal of increasing its balance sheet to US$100 million, Daily News reports.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Daily News (Zimbabwe) ·
Kenya’s Parliament is demanding the contract for construction and equipment at the Bomas International Convention Complex, a project worth several billion shillings. The Kenyan Ministry of Defence refuses to release it, citing commercial confidentiality and national security rules, The Standard reports.
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Standard Lesotho Bank and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry planted 2,000 trees at Ha-Khojane in Mafeteng district. The bank committed 750,000 maloti over three years from 2024 to support national reforestation, through its Blue Roots programme, the Sunday Express reports.
🇱🇸 Lesotho · Source: Sunday Express ·
Zimbabwe sets minimum sugar cane price at US$72.40 per tonneThe Zimbabwean government has set a minimum purchase price of US$72.40 per tonne for sugar cane supplied by private growers to sugar mills. The price is set out in a 2026 regulation published by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, NewsDay reports.
Malawi has no accounting for 15.56 billion kwacha in carbon taxAn assessment by Malawi’s National Youth Network on Climate Change estimates that 15.56 billion kwacha in carbon tax has not been accounted for over five years. The study covers management of the revenue from the 2019-2020 financial year to 31 March 2026, and the organisation is calling for greater transparency over its use, according to Maravi Post.The week in Africa
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