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East Africa business news covering Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and the EAC. Regional trade, infrastructure corridors, and investment intelligence.

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Kenya’s first private agri-securitisation at $2.1m

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Africaspoint Editorial

Fintech Kaleidofin has completed Kenya's first private-sector agriculture-focused securitisation at $2.1 million, converting smallholder farmer loans into tradeable securities and…

Close-up of rusty mining carts filled with various minerals in an industrial setting.
AfricaGeopolitics

US invites Kenya to lead Africa minerals trade zone

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Africaspoint Editorial

The US has invited Kenya to lead a preferential critical minerals trade zone as East Africa's AI market grows rapidly,…

AfricaBusiness

Safaricom doubles home fibre speeds as rivals enter

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Africaspoint Editorial

Safaricom doubled its entry-level Home Fibre speed from 15 Mbps to 40 Mbps at no extra cost and raised speeds…

AfricaGeopolitics

Nairobi hosts Africa-France summit as Macron and Ruto co-chair

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya hosts the Africa Forward Summit on May 11 and 12, the first time a non-Francophone country has co-chaired France's…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

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AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

BankingEast Africa banking consolidation 2026

Equity Bank sweeps Kenya awards as Mwangi takes CEO prize

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Tanzania signs deal to become world’s 4th niobium producer

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Dangote supplies jet fuel to Ethiopian Airlines

Ethiopia Bishoftu airport aviation hub 2026Ethiopia energy 2026

Ethiopia breaks ground on Africa’s biggest airport at $12.5bn

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