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.
On 8 October 2026, Tanzania's communications regulator issued a notice on phasing out physical airtime scratch cards, with a pilot from 1 January 2027 in Dar es Salaam and selected districts, Citizen Digital reported on 9 October.
On 8 October 2026, the Bank of Tanzania announced that its Central Bank Rate would stay at 6.25% for the quarter ending December. Mainland inflation rose to 4.3% in August.
On 7 October, South Sudan's Ministry of Health said it had detected no Ebola cases and that screening was under way at Juba airport and in 15 high-risk counties, Xinhua reported.
On 6 October 2026, the National Bank of Ethiopia set US$840m for six fortnightly FX auctions from 13 October, up 68% on the US$500m offered in four regular auctions last quarter, Capital Ethiopia reported.
On 5 October, banks in Uganda quoted the shilling at 4,017 to 4,027 per US dollar, a record low, the Daily Monitor reported. A forex analyst said the Bank of Uganda stayed out of the market.
On 6 October 2026, Rwanda reached a staff-level agreement with the IMF on the first review of its US$250 million Extended Credit Facility, the finance ministry said. About US$35.7 million will be available once the IMF Executive Board completes its review in December.
On 6 October 2026, President Taye Atske Selassie told parliament Ethiopia's economy is projected to grow 10.1% in 2026/27, Xinhua reported; The Reporter said he also announced a 9.62% tax-to-GDP target.
