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Reap has secured its first African market entry through a partnership with Fincra. The blockchain fintech combines forces with the African payments provider to develop new products. Their collaboration will create card services and programmable spending tools for regional businesses. Nigeria...

The Global Environment Facility partners with Gambia's National Environment Agency to host an Expanded Constituency Workshop targeting seventeen West African nations. Stakeholders will gather to learn about recent GEF programs and policies through this four-day event. The workshop aims to...

Agriculture Minister Demba Sabally revealed that Gambia lacks a complete national transhumance policy during questioning by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Environment and Agriculture. Government agencies have begun developing such a policy through collaboration between the Ministry of...

Gambia's tourism ministry has launched the Management Information System for Tourism as part of its World Bank-funded development project. The online platform will centralize tourism data collection and analysis nationwide. Officials conducted training sessions at the Senegambia Beach Hotel to...

Former graduates from the World Maritime University gathered Saturday at the African Princess Hotel in Kololi to establish their national alumni chapter. Bintou Janneh served as event chairperson and secretary for the new organization while welcoming attendees from various graduation years. She...

Culinary representatives from Gambia reached Ghana's capital over the weekend to compete at the West African Food Festival. The Gambia Tourism Board provides financial backing for the delegation's participation at this prestigious annual event. Chef Musa Darboe leads the national team as they...

Gambians from the Soninke community prepare festivities for their language celebration on September 25 at Westfield Monument in Serrekunda. Sheriff Marie Tanbadou leads the Sumpo Do Khati youth committee and shared details about the upcoming cultural event during Sunday's press briefing. The...

GIABA launched a regional workshop in Guinea-Bissau targeting journalists from across West Africa. Forty media professionals representing print, broadcast, and digital outlets attend the training program. The three-day event focuses on enhancing investigative skills related to financial crimes...

Shine Light for Girls' Education distributed learning supplies to sponsored students during a Saturday ceremony at Brikama's regional governor's office. The organization's founder Ebrima Njie highlighted the essential contributions of single mothers while announcing plans to deliver seventy-two...

The Malawi Electoral Commission has transformed its national results center while citizens await final election outcomes. Commission officials redesigned the facility to create a formal atmosphere befitting the presidential, parliamentary, and local government announcements. Workers arranged...

President Lazarus Chakwera approached Malawi's High Court seeking to halt presidential vote counting. The court rejected his request to stop the tallying process. Judges agreed to permit a judicial review regarding the Electoral Commission's handling of complaints. Chakwera and the Malawi...

Insurance coverage remains limited across Malawi with fewer than five percent of citizens holding policies. Industry executives attribute this gap to economic concentration within cities while rural populations lack access to financial services. Ruben Kamanga Kawelele from the Insurance...

The Malawi Council of Churches has requested that President Lazarus Chakwera acknowledge his electoral loss from the September 16 general election. Reverend Billy Gamah leads the religious organization and stated that partial Electoral Commission results demonstrate that Chakwera cannot achieve...

Former President Bakili Muluzi intervened in Malawi's tense post-election atmosphere by calling on President Lazarus Chakwera to accept the September 2025 electoral outcome. Muluzi spoke with Zodiak Radio, acknowledging that provisional results show Peter Mutharika leading the presidential race...

The Evangelical Association of Malawi urged citizens to maintain peace while awaiting official election outcomes from the September 16 vote. Archbishop Mark Kambalazaza and Reverend Francis Mkandawire signed the religious organization's public statement. Church leaders praised the Electoral...

The youth-oriented political organization Anyamata Atsikana Azimai extended congratulations to Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika following his electoral victory. President Akwame Bandawe praised citizens for participating in large numbers during the September 16 contest. The party leader...

Justice Annabel Mtalimanja denounced street demonstrations targeting the Malawi Electoral Commission. The chairperson declared such pressure tactics illegal during her briefing at Lilongwe's National Tally Centre. Officials will release presidential results only after completing comprehensive...

Rodgers Newa created a national controversy. The Mzimba District Commissioner requested handwritten presidential tally sheets from a local journalist during the ongoing vote count. These primary documents carry enormous significance because election workers altered similar papers with correction...

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service has launched a new rehabilitation program that utilizes scientific methods to assist inmates. Deputy Commissioner-General Musango announced the Evidence-Based Rehabilitation initiative at a recent seminar. The program replaces old methods with...

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa announced a month-long firearm amnesty beginning September 24 and ending October 24, 2025. Citizens may surrender illegal weapons, ammunition, and related materials to police stations without facing criminal charges. The initiative aligns with SADC Protocol on...