MARKETS & CAPITAL

Benjamin Fernandes Says America Closed the Door That Built His Dream. East Africa Should Pay Attention.

Benjamin Fernandes has spent a decade building exactly the kind of success story America has histori...

Sep 3 11 min

INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIALISATION

Kenya Spent $207 Million Dressing Itself in Other People's Old Clothes Last Year

World Bank WITS data for 2024 shows ten African countries, led by Kenya ($207.1 million), Uganda ($1...

Aug 12 8 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Dangote Confirms Lamu Refinery Groundbreaking By October 2026 As Cost Revised Downward

Aliko Dangote has confirmed construction on the 700,000 barrel-per-day Lamu Oil Refinery in Kenya wi...

Aug 8 5 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Tanzania, Uganda and Vitol Sign US$20 Billion Tanga Energy Hub Deal to Transform East Africa's Oil Industry

Tanzania and Uganda signed an MoU with Vitol Bahrain E.C. at State House in Dar es Salaam for the Ta...

Aug 6 8 min

MARKETS & CAPITAL

SabaSaba at 50: Can Tanzania's Biggest Trade Fair Become East Africa's Most Important Business Marketplace?

SabaSaba has grown into East Africa's largest annual trade exhibition, but size and attendance are n...

Jul 2 9 min

INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIALISATION

Kenya Has Started Building the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba SGR Extension. With Tanzania's Central Corridor Already Carrying Passengers and Uganda's Network Planned, East Africa's Railway Race Is Now a Three-Country Contest.

Kenya Railways confirmed construction of the Ksh 700 billion Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba SGR extension co...

Jul 1 10 min

POLICY, STRATEGY & FUTURE ECONOMY

Tanzania Has Reached 70 Million People. By 2050 It Will Have 118 Million. The Economy Has 25 Years to Create Enough Jobs, Industries, and Productivity to Turn That Into an Advantage Rather Than a Crisis.

Tanzania's population reached an estimated 70.04 million in 2026, confirmed by National Bureau of St...

Jun 13 13 min

MARKETS & CAPITAL

NALA Has Secured USD 50 Million From Liquidity and MUFG-Backed Mars Growth Capital. The Tanzanian-Born Company Is No Longer Building a Remittance App. It Is Building the Rails That Money Moves On.

Benjamin Fernandes, Tanzanian entrepreneur and Y Combinator alumnus, has secured a USD 50 million fi...

May 28 14 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Chinese Firm Confirms Rare Earth Discovery in Tanzania's Njombe Region. Neodymium and Praseodymium Deposits Place Tanzania Deeper Into the Global Clean Energy Supply Chain.

Hongji Mining Co. Ltd, a Chinese company, in partnership with the Tanzanian government has confirmed...

May 22 12 min

ENERGY & CRITICAL MINERALS

Aliko Dangote, World's Richest Black Man, Met President Samia at State House Dar es Salaam. A USD 17 Billion Refinery and a Fertiliser Partnership Are on the Table.

Tanzania's State House has officially confirmed that President Samia Suluhu Hassan met Dangote Group...

May 16 10 min

INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIALISATION

SHACMAN Enters Tanzania’s CNG Truck Market to Drive Cleaner, Lower-Cost Logistics

SHACMAN’s entry signals that CNG is moving beyond passenger vehicles and three-wheeled motorcycles...

Sep 6 8 min

INFRASTRUCTURE & INDUSTRIALISATION

Kenya's Ruto Orders Tata Chemicals to Exit Magadi Soda Ash Operation

Kenyan President William Ruto has ordered Tata Chemicals to end its operations at Lake Magadi, escal...

Sep 5 9 min