EAST AFRICA
Kenya Approves $1 Billion Port PPP Plan for Mombasa and Lamu
Kenya's Public-Private Partnership Committee approved feasibility studies for four port assets in Mo...
EAST AFRICA
Kenya vs Tanzania: The Real Contest Behind East Africa's Refinery Race
Kenya beat Tanzania for Dangote's 700,000 bpd, $15-17 billion East African refinery, on the strength...
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World Bank Ties Kenya's 2026 Budget Support to Ten Governance Reforms. Here Is What Each One Requires.
The World Bank is conditioning Kenya's next budget support tranche on ten specific governance and re...
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Kenya Is Spending KSh 65 Billion to Electrify Nairobi's Commuter Rail. The Project Is Not About Trains. It Is About Preventing the City From Congesting Itself Into Economic Irrelevance.
The Kenya Urban Mobility Improvement Project is a KSh 65 billion initiative financed through a Kenya...
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East Africa’s Next Growth Story Depends on Turning Eight National Visions Into One Market
Tanzania is the logistics-industrial anchor. Kenya is the services and capital market hub. Uganda is...
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Uganda's Kiira Motors Has Secured a UGX 1 Trillion Electric Bus Export Contract. East Africa May Have Its First Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer.
Kiira Motors Corporation, Uganda's state electric vehicle manufacturer founded from a Makerere Unive...
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How Digital Customs Integration Along the Northern Corridor Is Becoming East Africa’s Most Important Trade Competitiveness Reform
The discussions taking place in Kigali under the Northern Corridor Integration Projects Single Custo...
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East Africa Talks Integration. Its Supermarket Shelves Tell a Different Story.
Intra-regional trade accounts for roughly 15% of total EAC trade according to EAC trade data, meanin...
EAST AFRICA
For the First Time in History, Tanzania's CRDB and NMB Bank Rank Above Kenya's Equity and KCB. East Africa's Corporate Landscape Is Shifting.
African Business magazine's Top East African Companies 2026 survey, sourced from the publication's b...
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Ugandan Supermarkets Are Exposing East Africa’s Regional Trade Imbalance
This is not an argument against imports. Every growing economy imports. The strategic question is di...
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East Africa’s Investment Guide: Why Tanzania Edges Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Uganda as the Region’s Best Risk-Adjusted Bet
East Africa is becoming a serious capital-allocation contest. Kenya has financial depth, Rwanda has ...
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Kenya and Tanzania Set a 31 May Deadline to Eliminate All Non-Tariff Barriers. East Africa Has Heard This Before. The Difference This Time Is Presidential Skin in the Game
The Kenya-Tanzania Business summit of 4 and 5 May 2026 produced four measurable commitments: a 31 Ma...