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Tanzania pitches $12.9bn energy pipeline to US investors
IN SHORT: Tanzania has pitched a $12.9 billion energy investment package to US investors at the Powering Africa Summit in Washington DC. The 36-project pipeline covers generation, transmission, gas, and clean cooking.…
Ruto breaks ground on Kenya’s western SGR
President Ruto broke ground on the Naivasha-Kisumu-Malaba SGR extension at Suswa on March 19, launching a 371-kilometre railway that will link the…
Kenya’s $4bn railway breaks free of China
Kenya has restarted construction of the SGR extension stalled since 2019, raising up to $4bn through revenue securitisation rather than Chinese…
Tanzania’s $15bn FDI gap is a readiness problem
Tanzania targets $15 billion in annual FDI and 6.3 percent GDP growth in 2026 but the gap between macroeconomic ambition and business-level…
Kenya and Rwanda open up fintech borders
The Central Bank of Kenya and the National Bank of Rwanda have signed an MoU to create a Licence Passporting Framework, allowing payment firms…
Museveni takes EAC chair, warns on unity
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has assumed the chairmanship of the East African Community, succeeding Kenya’s William Ruto at the 25th Ordinary…
East African Leaders Meet to Launch a Single Customs Bond and a $232m Debt Crisis
Eight EAC heads of state convene in Arusha on March 7 for the 25th Ordinary Summit, where they will launch a unified regional customs bond to…