East Africa

The Government of Uganda is in the advanced stages of issuing its first-ever sovereign Sukuk bond, a move designed to diversify its funding sources for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project. This...

Standard Chartered has successfully coordinated a syndicated financing package exceeding USD 2.33 billion to support the continued development of Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project. This financial injection is designated for the...

Uganda has appointed Citibank as lead arranger for the syndicated debt financing of its €2.7 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Tanzania has decided to maintain the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 5.75% for the first quarter of 2026. This decision, which was made...

M-Kopa, a prominent asset financing company, has initiated a significant export operation, now dispatching 15,000 locally assembled mobile phones to Uganda on a monthly basis. This export volume constitutes 10% of the...

Multinational spirits and beer manufacturing company, Diageo Plc has been fined USD 750,000 (KES 96.9 million) by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) competition commission for taking part in...

BAT KENYA STRONG RESULTS DESPITE TOUGH TIMES In the first half of 2025, the company did well despite the economic challenges. There were issues to deal with inflation, tough market conditions and...

Equity Bank South Sudan has been at the forefront of promoting financial inclusion. The bank has implemented a multifaceted strategy to reach underserved populations:

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a zero-rated $372.4 million loan for Tanzania, aimed at supporting the country’s COVID-19 pandemic relief measures. President Suluhu this week hosted the World Bank's Managing...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has granted  MTN Uganda permission for its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to be marketed in Kenya, allowing the marketing of the shares to both Professional Investors and Retail...

East Africa's economic growth is projected to rise to 4.1 per cent in 2021, up from 0.4 per cent in 2020, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday. According to the...

Allianz, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers, has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Jubilee Insurance Company of Uganda Limited. Allianz became the majority shareholder in Jubilee...

MTN Uganda is offering East African investors free shares to motivate them to buy stock in the telecoms firm that opened its $250 million (Ush895.56 billion) initial public offering (IPO) on Monday,...

MTN Uganda is set to sell a fifth of its stake to Kenyan and other East African investors when it floats its initial public offer (IPO) Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) This follows...

Kenya and Uganda have expressed interest in the establishment of the third point of entry and exit (PoEE) at their shared border to enhance trade. Currently, the two East African countries have...

The Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) has partnered with MTN to provide a digital platform for opening securities accounts, making it easier and cheaper for retail investors to participate in the securities market....

Ethiopia and the Government of Kenya through the Ethiopia Customs Commission and the Border Control and Operation Coordination Committee have signed the Moyale-Moyale One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) operational procedure manual. The signing...

Global insurance solutions firm Linkham Group based in the UK has officially confirmed completing a deal that will see them acquire a significant stake in Resolution Insurance Kenya. The deal that was...

Uganda has completely separated mobile money services from the regulation of the Uganda Communications Commission to the Bank of Uganda (BOU). Under the new regulations, three companies were licensed to conduct mobile...

Total SE has awarded the $1.9 billion deal to construct its Lake Albert oil production Tilenga project in Uganda to a consortium led by British and Chinese firms. Total, the lead investor...

The East Africa Community member states have announced plans to explore the potential of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as a shared payment system. A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is...

The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Tanzania have signed loan agreements totalling $140 million to finance the construction of the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant in Western Tanzania. The agreements...

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has suspended all flights to and from Somalia. In a notice issued to airmen on Tuesday, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said it had suspended all flights...

Kenya and Tanzania have signed a multimillion-dollar deal for a gas pipeline that will run between the coastal cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu made her first...

Tanzania is looking forward to signing for a $30 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)  project within six months after the country’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan called for a resumption of negotiations that...

For container traffic, the Port of Mombasa recorded a positive increment of 31,261 TEUs or 30.4% to register 133,904 TEUs in March 2021 against 102,643 witnessed in March 2020.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants for research that will increase African women’s access to a range of digital financial services.

Kenya recorded a jump in the EAC intra-trade during the third quarter of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic paved the way for intra-regional trade growth. Kenya's total volume shipped to East Africa...

Tanzania’s earnings from gold exports rose 34% in 2020 to $ 2.95 billion from $ 2.21 billion recorded in  2019 . In the latest monthly economic review, the Bank of Tanzania attributed...

FDI contributed 62,876 jobs in Uganda accounting for (18.2%) of total jobs created, while FDI into Tanzania created 46,765 jobs accounting for 47.9% of the total jobs created.

The two leaders will now head to Lamu County to assess the progress of the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport corridor.

Alternatively, for brokers to trade they would have to have "sponsored membership" in a local market where they want to buy stocks.

DTB has appealed the ruling and secured a stay of the execution of the judgement. The lawyers at ENS say until the Ham/DTB decision is set aside, it will be a hard task...

Airtel and MTN Uganda, as well as Stanbic Bank, were the most affected firms. 

Kenya Airways resumed international passenger service on August 1 with flights to Britain and Ethiopia while domestic service restarted on July 15 after the service was suspended in March to contain the...

Albert Sigei, CEO CIMERWA Plc, explained that this will be an opportunity for investors to gain exposure into the attractive cement industry with solid growth potential.

While this is not the first cross-listing the country has seen as there are a number of Kenyan firms trading on RSE, KIFC’s existence promotes such investment opportunities within Rwanda’s financial sector