East Africa

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

AfricaGeopolitics

KQ runs Dubai emergency flights, route dark

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Kenya Airways operated emergency repatriation flights to Dubai on March 4 and 5 after suspending all scheduled UAE services when…

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Kenya IMF talks end with no deal

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An IMF staff mission to Kenya ended without a new lending agreement, with Finance Minister John Mbadi saying talks were…

AfricaBusiness

Kenya pushes packaging to lift exports

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenyan manufacturers risk losing export market access unless they adopt modern packaging standards, industry leaders warned at the 10th Propak…

AfricaInfrastructure

Kenya reopens JKIA bid amid Addis rivalry

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Kenya has reopened bidding for JKIA modernisation under a design-and-build contract, restarting plans shelved after the Adani deal collapsed, as…

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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…

Broadband AfricaBurundi

Burundi Just Got Its Biggest Internet Rollout in a Decade. 400,000 People Are About to Get Connected.

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Artificial Intelligence KenyaData Centres Africa

Kenya Has 2 AI-Ready Data Centres. South Africa Has 5. The Gap Is Now a Crisis.

CyberGame KenyaCybersecurity Kenya

Kenya Loses $230 Million to Cybercrime in a single quarter. Cybergame 2026 is the answer

COMESAInvestKenya

Kenya Is Targeting $2 Billion in Signed Deals at Its Biggest Investment Conference Ever

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