On this edition of Africa 54, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and former opposition leader Riek Machar say they will form a unity government by the pending deadline; Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt hope to reach a technical agreement over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Dam on the Nile river; Lesotho Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, expected to be charged in connection with the June 2017 shooting death of his estranged wife.

A54 Business: Uganda emerges as the next wave of crypto currency participants, hosting the world’s leading crypto exchange-binance. South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Botswana are other well known as African crypto hot spots.