In 2026, 66% of Madagascar’s population lived within mobile broadband coverage but did not use mobile internet, the GSMA said on 16 October 2026.
Goodwill (Tanzania) Ceramic broke ground on 14 October on a third tile line and a second porcelain phase in Mkuranga, Tanzania's The Citizen newspaper reported on 16 October 2026.
Madagascar's health ministry reported four confirmed plague cases on 13 October, and five suspected cases in Midongy Atsimo District, in the south-east, Xinhua reported. Three people in the district probably died of plague, L'Express de Madagascar reported.
Banks bid US$152.09 million for the US$140 million the National Bank of Ethiopia offered at its 13 October foreign-exchange auction, and successful bids averaged 160.1072 birr per dollar, the Ethiopian newspaper Capital reported on 14 October 2026.
Tanzania expects to finalise agreements on a US$42 billion liquefied natural gas project in the coming months, Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar told Reuters, according to a report in the Tanzanian newspaper The Citizen on 13 October 2026.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had 9,066 confirmed Ebola cases and 4,381 deaths as of 11 October, Xinhua reported on 13 October. The same day, CEPI said final preparations are under way for a Phase 2/3 trial of vaccines against the Bundibugyo strain.
The World Bank has pledged continued support for Tanzania's strategic development projects after its regional vice president met Finance Minister Khamis Mussa Omar in Bangkok, Tanzania's Daily News reported on 13 October 2026.
The Bank of Tanzania sold about five tonnes of gold from its reserves after judging prices favourable and still holds about 30 tonnes, Governor Emmanuel Tutuba said, as quoted by The Citizen on 10 October 2026.
At least 139 migrants died and 84 are missing after a boat carrying 305 people from Djibouti towards Yemen capsized on the night of 8–9 October, the International Organization for Migration said on 11 October.
Tanzania's imports of goods and services rose 21.4% to US$21,269.2 million in the year to August 2026, largely on intermediate and capital goods, the Bank of Tanzania said in its Monthly Economic Review for September 2026.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched Ethiopia's first national precious metals refinery in Addis Ababa on 10 October 2026 and said it can process more than 600 tonnes of precious metals a year, Addis Media Network reported.
In the early hours of 9 October, at least 28 people died when a bus and a timber truck collided head-on in Tanzania's Morogoro Region and the bus burnt out, Xinhua reported.
