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

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Kenya's fourth Kenya International Investment Conference opens on March 25 at the Radisson Blu Upper Hill in Nairobi, with InvestKenya…

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Kenya Airports Authority Shuts Down Adani Comeback Talk as JKIA Tender Goes Public

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Kenya Airports Authority has flatly denied reports that the Adani Group has been quietly re-engaged on the JKIA modernisation project,…

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East African Leaders Meet to Launch a Single Customs Bond and a $232m Debt Crisis

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Eight EAC heads of state convene in Arusha on March 7 for the 25th Ordinary Summit, where they will launch…

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Safaricom’s Ziidi Puts the Nairobi Stock Exchange in Every Kenyan’s Pocket

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Safaricom's Ziidi investment platform has grown from a KES 1.3 billion money market fund at launch to KES 15.1 billion…

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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…

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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…

Kenya Projects 5.3% Growth in 2026 Budget Plan

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Safaricom and Ericsson Sign Multi-Year 5G Microwave Deal

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Vodacom’s Sh272 Billion Safaricom Deal Clears COMESA

Spotify’s Africa Data Reveals a Stubborn Gender Gap

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