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GDP surges 7.8%, beats RBI forecast

India, Sept. 1 -- India's economy grew at a faster-than-expected 7.8 per cent in the April-June quarter, according to Government data released on Monday, belying doubts about its robustness to face gl... और पढ़ें


11 dead, over a dozen hurt in Kaushambi cracker factory blast

PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 1 -- A massive explosion at an alleged illegal firecracker factory in Kaushambi district on Monday left at least 11 people dead, including eight children, and injured more than a doze... और पढ़ें


$77 million iron mining project enters crucial phase

Tanzania, Sept. 1 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's push to produce iron locally has moved into a new phase, with the $77.4 million Maganga Matitu iron ore project in Njombe entering construction following... और पढ़ें


Absa and Co-op lead as banks double down on bancassurance

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Absa Bank Kenya and Co-operative Bank of Kenya led listed lenders in pre-tax earnings generated from bancassurance in the first half of the year ended June 2026 as banks deepened t... और पढ़ें


Kenyans risk Sh32.3m fine over sham US marriages, immigration lawyers warn

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Immigration lawyers are seeing a surge in work as more Kenyans in the US fight to remain in the country amid the Donald Trump administration's crackdown on sham marriages-arrangeme... और पढ़ें


President Hichilema pledges to uphold Zambia's sovereign, peace and stability

LUSAKA, Sept. 1 -- ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema has said the country will remain a sovereign and peaceful nation while strengthening cooperation with neighbouring countries in Africa and the i... और पढ़ें


HIV gains expose new burden for patients, healthcare system

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Kenya has reduced new HIV infections by 83 percent in ten years, from 101,448 in 2013 to 16,752 in 2023, while the number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy more than doubl... और पढ़ें


Why Dangote's Lamu venture is about Africa's industrial future

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- When Aliko Dangote looks east, he sees more than an investment opportunity. He sees the chance to reshape Africa's energy map. After transforming West Africa's refining industry in... और पढ़ें


Trust, not technology, will determine whether Central Sacco will succeed

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- This week offered another reminder of how fragile the sacco sector's biggest ambitions around the National Payments System remain. The Co-operatives Bill, which would repeal the o... और पढ़ें


Investors snub securities borrowing and lending scheme on share price rally

Nairobi, Sept. 1 -- Investors on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) are snubbing a scheme that allows for lending and borrowing of securities, put off by a rally in share prices. The scheme, also ... और पढ़ें