EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Ethiopia Takes 12 Su 35 Jets as Russian Arms Push Meets a Tight Fiscal Reform Programme

Ethiopia has taken delivery of 12 Russian Su 35 fighter jets and plans to receive four S 400 air def...

Oct 28 10 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

East Africa Is Building Railways. AFCON 2027 Shows Why They Must Connect

AFCON PAMOJA 2027 will bring Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda together for Africa’s first three country ...

Oct 19 20 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Kenya Confirms First Imported Bundibugyo Ebola Case as Regional Risk Rises

Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease after a traveller arri...

Oct 6 10 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Removal of Nigerian Nationals from Tanzania's Referral Visa Category

Tanzania has removed Nigeria from its Referral Visa Category, following a public notice issued by th...

Oct 2 3 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Somalia Wants to Fly Again After 35 Years. Only One State Airline in the Region Has Actually Cracked the Model.

Somalia's July 2025 revival of Somali Airlines, its first flag carrier in 34 years, sits inside a mu...

Aug 16 10 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Kenya Just Gave Its Civil Servants a Pay Rise. Here Is Every Number in the New Structure.

Kenya’s SRC has approved a new civil servant salary structure effective August 1, 2026, confirmed ...

Jul 19 4 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Tanzania Outpaces Kenya But Trails Rwanda. Comparing East Africa's Economic Performance

EAC GDP growth 2025 confirmed in National Development Plan 2026/27: Rwanda 7.0 percent, Uganda 6.7 p...

Jun 23 3 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Maersk Is Adding USD 1,000 Per Container on China to East Africa Shipments From June 15. Every Trader in Kariakoo, Gikomba, and Kigali Will Feel It.

Maersk is introducing Peak Season Surcharges effective June 15 on cargo from China and Hong Kong to ...

Jun 8 12 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Washington Is Cutting US Visa Processing in Africa From 50 Locations to 20. Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Kampala, and Kigali Made the List. East Africa Just Became the Continent's Most Connected Region to the United States.

The US State Department is reducing African visa processing locations from nearly 50 to 20 hubs unde...

Jun 2 11 min

EAST AFRICA & REGIONAL ECONOMY

Ruto lands in Kigali Carrying a Thesis, Not Talking Points

African leaders have long acknowledged the continent's financing gap while continuing to depend on e...

May 13 3 min