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African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

'immense opportunity'

How East Africa’s investment drive trickles down the rest of continent

The whole continent is bound to benefit from the East African region’s impressive run.

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been asked to appoint a central bank governor. Handout via REUTERS

Turf Wars

Premium badgeLack of governor at Uganda central bank leaves structural vacuum There is no still consensus on the way forward for Uganda’s central bank, while the acting governor for 21 months faces growing criticism from faction...
eacopmap1 © Satellite image provided by by the Earth Insight research group in the US shows EACOP environmental impacts in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.

Ripple Effect

Premium badgeNew satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared Satellite images chart EACOP oil pipeline impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC.

Uganda top stories

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been asked to appoint a central bank governor. Handout via REUTERS

Turf Wars

Premium badgeLack of governor at Uganda central bank leaves structural vacuum There is no still consensus on the way forward for Uganda’s central bank, while the acting governor for 21 months faces growing criticism from faction...
eacopmap1 © Satellite image provided by by the Earth Insight research group in the US shows EACOP environmental impacts in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.

Ripple Effect

Premium badgeNew satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared Satellite images chart EACOP oil pipeline impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC.

Uganda top stories

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been asked to appoint a central bank governor. Handout via REUTERS

Turf Wars

Premium badgeLack of governor at Uganda central bank leaves structural vacuum There is no still consensus on the way forward for Uganda’s central bank, while the acting governor for 21 months faces growing criticism from faction...
eacopmap1 © Satellite image provided by by the Earth Insight research group in the US shows EACOP environmental impacts in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.

Ripple Effect

Premium badgeNew satellite images show potential EACOP impact may be worse than feared Satellite images chart EACOP oil pipeline impacts in Uganda, Tanzania and the DRC.

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An employee attends to a customer inside a mobile phone service centre operated by Kenyan telecom operator Airtel Kenya at the Sarit Centre in Westlands, Nairobi. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Cut Price Pitch

Premium badgeAirtel said to face institutional pressure to cut offer price for Uganda IPO Airtel Uganda’s IPO price tag is drawing investor scepticism with the mobile money business off the table.
Why are Ugandans of Banyarandan extraction having a hard time getting passports? (Twitter)

stateless citizens

Premium badgeNo place to call home for the Banyarwanda of Uganda Uganda’s constitution recognises Banyarwanda as an official tribe, but people who take that identity face stringent scrutiny when getting IDs.
© A woman pushes her luggage at Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi, Kenya, where arrivals are soon to be visa-free.(Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

eliminating borders

Kenya plans to scrap visa for all international visitors President William Ruto says Kenya is considering abolishing any visa requirement for all international travellers.
© Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe, Uganda, on July 26, 2022. (Photo by BADRU KATUMBA / AFP)

Awkward Dance

Premium badgeUganda hangs in with World Bank despite funding suspension over anti-LGBT law Despite Uganda’s president threatening to abandon the World Bank after it froze aid over the anti-gay law, pragmatism is prevailing for now. The count...
Transit trucks go through an electronic weighbridge at the border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Tanzania July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Wheels of Trade

Premium badgeKenya-Tanzania border friction highlights need for digital approach A plan to digitalise 30 borders in 30 African countries by 2030 could cost around $600 million. What does this mean for the future of trade in Africa?
© Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L) waves an East African community flag alongside Paul Kagame of Rwanda (C), and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (R) during the inauguration of Berth No. 19 at the Mombasa Port on August 28, 2013. AFP PHOTO/IVAN LIEMAN (Photo by Ivan Lieman / AFP)

speaking up

Premium badge‘Why attack us?’: The East African Community’s language problem Refused the right to use Swahili because it is not written into the bloc’s treaty, the Democratic Republic of Congo is vetoing the EAC’s budget. ...