Eastern Africa

Concerns over inflation and unlocking credit to the private sector are set to feature as the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) holds its last Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) of 2021 …

Business leaders in Kenya and South Africa are pushing for the elimination of barriers that have stunted trade between the two economic powerhouses. This follows a forum by the Kenya …

Asilimia, a Kenyan company, has raised US$2 million in pre-seed funding Asilimia, a digital infrastructure firm that connects African SMEs to the formal financial system, has raised US$2 million to …

Ethiopian authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans — from a bank CEO to priests — as well as United Nations staff in a mass crackdown on suspected supporters of rebellious …

It is coffee time in Uganda. After falling short, the East African country has relaunched an ambitious campaign to become the world’s third-largest exporter of coffee by 2025. After shipping …

Meta today announced the launch of Facebook Business Coach an innovative and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)easily-accessible way for South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya and other English speaking countries to …

Glasgow — Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) Managing Director and CEO, Rebecca Miano, says the company is accelerating the deployment of renewable energy to combat the adverse effects of climate …

Kenya looks set to benefit after the US suspended duty-free access to Ethiopian exports following ongoing unrest in the country’s Tigray region. The US move to ban Ethiopia opens a …

A US government agency has delayed the disbursement of a $500million (Sh53.97 billion) loan to finance the entry of a Safaricom-led consortium into the Ethiopian telecoms market, citing uncertainty over …

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya are set to benefit from a newly launched regional credit rotation fund. German Sparkassenstiftung Eastern Africa (DSIK), a non-governmental organisation, has partnered …