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Kenya Is Rated B−. Tanzania Is B+. Uganda And Rwanda Are Stable. What Happened to East Africa’s Economic Leader?

Kenya remains East Africa's most sophisticated business economy, yet Fitch rates its sovereign debt ...

Aug 26 14 min

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Tanzania's Investment Authority Director General Says the Country Had One New Factory Every Day in 2024. He Wants You to Come and See It for Yourself.

Gilead Teri, Director General of TISEZA, confirmed in a published Global Indian Network podcast inte...

May 28 14 min

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World Bank Says Kenya Businesses Pay Nearly 50% More for Electricity Than Uganda, Raising Manufacturing Costs

Kenyan businesses pay an average of 17.5 US cents per kilowatt hour for electricity, compared with 1...

Nov 5 16 min

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World Bank Says Kenya Could Have Saved KSh 117 Billion on SGR by Matching Tanzania's Railway Construction Costs

A November 2026 World Bank assessment estimates that Kenya could have saved up to KSh 117 billion ($...

Nov 5 16 min

DATA & REPORTS

WMO Says Very Strong El Niño Will Persist Through February 2027 as Africa Faces Drought, Flood and Food Risks

The World Meteorological Organization expects the very strong 2026 El Niño to persist through Febru...

Oct 31 14 min

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Africa’s Podcast Economy Has an Audience Problem in Reverse: Attention Is Growing Faster Than Monetisation

African podcast audiences are growing faster than creator revenues. SemaBOX estimates that the same ...

Oct 20 16 min

DATA & REPORTS

How Much Do Airlines Actually Make? Inside the Economics of a US$1.17 Trillion Industry

Global airlines are expected to generate about US$1.17 trillion in revenue in 2026 but keep only US$...

Oct 14 16 min

DATA & REPORTS

Africa Has 122,500 Millionaires. A Third of Them Live in One Country.

The Africa Wealth Report 2025 counts approximately 122,500 dollar millionaires across the continent,...

Aug 24 8 min

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Tanzania's Electricity Isn't Africa's Most Expensive. It's Still Expensive Enough to Cost the Country Factories.

A July 2026 electricity pricing comparison across 22 African markets puts Tanzania's residential rat...

Aug 16 7 min

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Kenyans Need Nearly Double the Money Ethiopians Do to Feel Satisfied

Remitly's 2026 income satiation analysis, built on Purdue University research and adjusted for local...

Aug 16 5 min

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Tanzania's Ten-Year Digital Transformation: From Basic Connectivity To A Communications Economy

Tanzania's total telecom subscriptions grew from roughly 39.8 million in 2015 to 106.9 million by De...

Aug 14 10 min

DATA & REPORTS

10 Years Of Tanzania's Mobile Wars: Who Won, Who Lost And How The Market Changed

Tanzania's telecom subscriber base roughly tripled between 2015 and 2026, from around 40 million to ...

Aug 14 10 min