East Africa business news from Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and the wider EAC region.
Kenya is banking on the $385 million new Kipevu Oil Terminal to wrest the petroleum business from Dar es Salaam port, which has been supplying the Great Lakes region. Tanzania …
Kenya’s horticulture regulator has extended the ban on exporting popular avocado kinds to foreign markets to prevent the harvesting of immature avocado crops. Head of Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) Benjamin …
The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) is to open up a new office in Kenya – its first overseas – in a sign of the continent’s growing importance. …
The debate over the importation of 30,000 tonnes of gasoline into the country over the holiday season has heated up, with the government accusing Rubis Energy and an oil marketers’ …
Kenya’s $3.6 billion ports master plan will transform the country’s sea, lake and dry ports over the next 30 years. Modern ports that comply with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) …
Kenya’s firm Basra Textiles Ltd is setting up a Sh5.7 billion ($51.3 million) factory in Zanzibar as it targets to get a pie of the regions clothes market. It is …
Uganda’s fertile land can feed about 200 million people, according to a new report by International Trade Administration to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation. The report says 80 per …
Kenya’s passport is now the eighth most powerful in Africa and 71 globally after its mobility score improved six places in the latest ranking. The Henley Passport Index Report released …
Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) to retaliate against a move by Dubai to ban all passenger flights from Kenya over …
Startups from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa have been invited to apply for five challenges aimed at harnessing innovators’ power to reduce waste. The challenges are organized by KTN Global …
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