East Africa

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

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BusinessEthiopia

Ethiopia launches $10,000 ten-year golden visa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ethiopia's Council of Ministers has approved a 10-year golden investor visa priced at $10,000, doubling the previous maximum residency period…

BusinessEast Africa

East Africa’s banks face the fintech reckoning

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Africaspoint Editorial

Fintechs and mobile money operators are structurally eroding the core business of East African banks, squeezing fee income, deposits, and…

BusinessEast Africa

Kenya eyes $1.7bn Turkana oil rail

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya is weighing a Sh220 billion extension of its colonial-era metre gauge railway from Nakuru to South Lokichar to ferry…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya and Rwanda open up fintech borders

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Central Bank of Kenya and the National Bank of Rwanda have signed an MoU to create a Licence Passporting…

Africa gold mining JSE market cap 2026Airtel Zambia $1 billion market capitalisation LuSE Lusaka Securities Exchange 2026

Airtel Zambia joins the $1bn club

Airtel Networks Zambia Plc crossed US$1 billion in market capitalisation on the Lusaka Securities Exchange…

Ethiopia EV electric motorcycle Spiro Roam BasiGo Kenya 80 percent 2026Nala stablecoin Tanzania fintech $50m Liquidity MUFG 2026

Spiro bets on batteries, not motorcycles

Spiro co-founder Gagan Gupta told TechCabal that batteries and energy infrastructure, not motorcycles, drive the…

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Tanzania self-funds its $24bn budget

Tanzania's Finance Minister Khamis Mussa presented the Tsh62.33 trillion ($24 billion) 2026/27 budget on June…

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Cardoso wins Central Bank of the Year

Nigeria's Central Bank was named Central Bank of the Year 2026 at the Central Banking…

East Africa EnergyGulf Energy Kenya

Kenya scraps pipeline for $1.5bn oil rail

AviationBrussels Airlines

Gulf crisis sends Lufthansa to Africa

AGOA TradeEditorial

5 global brands made in Kenya

Nairobi FloodsNairobi Rising

Nairobi’s Ksh38bn plan to fix water

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