Ethiopian gold exports surged after the central bank offered higher prices for the metal in a bid to curb smuggling and as part of wider efforts to spur investment in mining.
Quick adaptation has enabled Ethiopian Airlines weather through coronavirus restrictions and "saved the airline", its CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has told the AFP news agency.
South Africa’s economy lost 2.2 million jobs in the second quarter of 2020, according to the government's statistics agency, which is the largest fall on record.
Communities in private wildlife conservancies in Kenya are finding it hard to feed their families as the tourism industry continues to struggle from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
South Africa has pledged 10.5 billion rand ($650 million) to South African Airways (SAA), one of the administrators of the ailing state-owned airline said on Friday.
South Africa's rail freight company Transnet has suspended business dealings with the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC, over contract disputes, but it may have to reverse that ban to get its locomotives repaired.
