Eastern Africa

Mastercard Foundation announced a new investment in Kasha, a Rwandan female-focused e-commerce platform. Mastercard’s investment is the next step on a journey the organizations have been on since Kasha joined …

The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta shares insights to the global community on how Kenya has successfully leverage technology, adopt the use of renewable energy and mitigate climate change. He …

Kenya has signed crucial agreements on transport, security and trade with the Democratic Republic of Congo, signalling a push to improve low figures of business between them. After a bilateral …

Tanzania’s coffee export increased in volume and value despite the market disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. From 2020 to the first quarter of 2022 coffee export earned the country a …

Financial institutions like commercial banks will be required to immediately give up the full rights to individual apartment buyers when they finish paying up their mortgages or loans under new …

Nairobi accounted for 75.8 per cent of Kenya’s billionaires, reflecting the county’s economic dominance over the other 46 devolved units created eight years ago to address the wealth imbalance, a …

The management of The Waterfront Mall in Karen has denied that the property and the 50 acres of land it is sitting on are up for sale. The move comes …

In the first quarter of 2021, the inflow of US dollar from other African countries into Kenya dropped to 65.9 percent placing Tanzania over South Africa as the biggest source …

Absa Bank Kenya has launched the Absa Asset Management Limited (AAML), a subsidiary of the bank that will offer fund and wealth management solutions for its customers. The announcement comes …

Kenyan agency banking startup Tanda has announced that is expanding its operations regionally after closing a funding round in February 2021 from HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota and …