Eastern Africa

Audit and consulting firm Deloitte East Africa has appointed Anne Muraya as its new chief executive effective June 1. She becomes the first woman to hold the position when she …

The Horn of Africa is experiencing the driest conditions recorded since 1981, with severe drought leaving an estimated 13 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia facing severe hunger in …

Equity has updated its USSD service, which now offers a unified service across mobile networks as well as a better user experience. Safaricom, Airtel, Telkom, and Equitel customers in Kenya …

In a bid to reduce the cost and the impact of electricity outages in the main grid, Bamburi Cement plans to source a portion of its power supply from solar …

SealTowers Limited, a licensed Kenyan Cell Tower Company, and Everstrong Capital have today announced the signing of an agreement that will see Everstrong making a majority equity investment in SealTowers. …

Syniverse, “the world’s most connected company”®, today announced it is working with Vodafone Oman to enable 5G roaming services in the Sultanate of Oman. Vodafone is one of the world’s …

Over the past 2 years since the Covid-19 pandemic started, Africa’s economy has contracted by 2.1% and regional growth is expected to be muted in 2022 compared to 2021. Economic …

As part of its efforts to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the government has excluded petrol and diesel-powered buses from the lucrative bus rapid transport (BRT) system that will begin operations …

Kenya to begin exporting its goods duty-free outside of the East African Community (EAC) bloc after a deal was reached on tariff lines that will exclude up to 88 per …

HFM Investments Limited, a Mauritius-based online currency trader, has begun its operations in Kenya under the HotForex brand, this made the brand the sixth company to set up shop in …