Eastern Africa

Samsung Electronics has appointed a new managing director for East Africa following the expiry of Mr Seok Min Hong’s term. Mr Tae Sun Lee will succeed Mr Hong, who has …

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 …