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Business 16/05/2022

Kenyan entrepreneurs advance cautiously in DRC, new EAC frontier market

Kenyan entrepreneurs have been jockeying for a slice of the Congolese economic pie since the DRC joined the East African Community (EAC). But they are proceeding cautiously, aware of the fragile political and economic context of their new partner. [...]

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Politics 04/05/2022

Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

Félix Tshisekedi and Uhuru Kenyatta exchanged by videoconference with the representatives of the armed groups on April 27, 2022. © @Presidence_RDC

Business Ports and airports 03/05/2022

Covid-19 in China and Ukraine war throw Mombasa docks into disarray Free

The port of Mombasa, Kenya. © Sun Ruibo/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Business 25/04/2022

Museveni faces threat of costly arbitration with Yemeni firm over Owino Market

Owino Market in Kampala. © Sue OConnor/Alamy banque d'images

Politics 12/04/2022

Museveni's son's birthday bash now annual VIP get-together

Muhoozi Kainerugaba with his uncle Paul Kagame. © Twitter/@mkainerugaba

Business Mining 07/04/2022

How Belgian entrepreneur Alain Goetz escaped UN sanctions

Just days before being placed under US sanctions, Belgian businessman Alain Goetz managed to avoid UN sanctions. UN investigators suspect him of playing an active role in the illicit trade in gold mined in conflict zones of eastern DR Congo. Kampala has been following the case closely. [...]

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SpotlightDiplomacy Power 05/04/2022

UAE's new minister for Africa dives into Nile maelstrom

Soon after Sheikh Shakhboot became the Emirati minister for African affairs in February last year he took on the hot potato of Ethiopia's vast GERD dam. This gives the young diplomat a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his abilities on an issue that affects two of the UAE's traditional allies. [...]

The Emirati minister for African affairs Shakhboot bin Nahyan al-Nahyan. © aphael Lafargue/Abaca Press/Alay Live News

Politics 05/04/2022

Museveni's ousted former confidant Amama Mbabazi back in the game

The former prime minister is making it loud and clear that he is once again a trusted member of the president's entourage after a difficult period out in the cold. [...]

Former Ugandan prime ministerAmama Mbabazi and President Yoweri Museveni in 2019. © @KagutaMuseveni/Twitter

Oil & gas 05/04/2022

Kabaale refinery project hampered by reluctant banks

There is every chance the first stone of the refinery promised by Yoweri Museveni to accompany TotalEnergies and Cnooc's development of Tilenga will not be laid this year as banks continue to pull out of the hydrocarbons sector. [...]

Mining 30/03/2022

Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

The Ugandan president was counting on DR Congo's entry into the East African Community to boost Congolese gold exports to his country. But US sanctions on Kampala's biggest gold refinery may dash those hopes. [...]

Yoweri Museveni. © Twitter @KagutaMuseveni

Business Banks 29/03/2022

Kenyatta-backed Kenyan bankers at the forefront of EAC enlargement Free

As DR Congo joins EAC, Kenyan lenders such as Equity Bank and KCB Group hope to conquer new markets in a dynamic region. The Kenyan government is fully behind the banks, but some local players are worried about potential competition. [...]

Equity Group MD & CEO Dr. James Mwangi signs the purchase agreement with BCDC Majority Shareholder Mr. George Forrest. © Twitter @EquityBCDC

Oil & gas 24/03/2022

TotalEnergies rolls out ambitious local hiring plan for Tilenga

French major TotalEnergies has launched a large-scale process for selecting and training its local workforce in Uganda, completing its first phase in March. [...]

Diplomacy Politics 24/03/2022

Museveni's NRM torn apart by battle for deceased speaker's chair

The shock wave created by the death of parliamentary speaker Jacob Oulanyah has revived splits that go beyond the usual political rivalries. The battle to replace him has started, endangering the fragile balance of power in the ruling party. [...]

The late Ugandan speaker Jacob Oulanyah. © 2020 Images/Alamy

SpotlightDiplomacy 23/03/2022

Raila Odinga aiming to become Horn of Africa's peace champion

Back in Kenya after a week in the UK, presidential candidate Raila Odinga has been giving attention to his foreign policy credentials. To attract the favours of the West, he has highlighted Kenya's role as a peacemaker in the Horn of Africa, a region riven by civil wars and political crises. [...]

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga in the UK on 15 March 2022, here with UK Defence Secretary James Heappey (left). © Raila Odinga/Twitter

Mining 23/03/2022

US Treasury unlikely to let Alain Goetz's Aldabra off hook over gold trafficking allegations

Although it has not been put on the sanctions list drawn up by the US Treasury, Alain Goetz's UAE company Aldabra is unlikely to escape punitive action by the US. The US sanctions have also put Uganda, where his African Gold Refinery is based, in a difficult position. [...]

Oil & gas 22/03/2022

Russia's TMK denied TotalEnergies' mega-contract for Uganda-Tanzania pipeline

The Russian pipeline company ChelPipe (TMK) had been well placed in the race for the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline contract, but the current geopolitical situation has completely thrown its situation into doubt. [...]

Inner circles Politics Defence 18/03/2022

Army's National Enterprise Corp carries Museveni's industrial aspirations

Weapons, industry, research, agriculture... Yoweri Museveni wants to pick up the pace on his plans to boost Ugandan industry. Many of those in charge of the entity driving his proactive policy, the Ugandan army's commercial army, the National Enterprise Corp, have been supporters of the president from day one. [...]

Politics Defence 18/03/2022

Even without Magufuli, Museveni maintains military alliance with Tanzania in Kivu Free

One year on from the death of the Tanzanian head of state, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is pushing forward with security cooperation in the DRC's Kivu region alongside John Magufuli's successor, Samia Suluhu. [...]

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Ugandan Head of State Yoweri Museveni. © Twitter/@KagutaMuseveni

SpotlightDiplomacy 17/03/2022

Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

With ambitions to follow in their fathers' footsteps and run for president in the 2026 and 2027 elections, Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Gideon Moi are building up their contacts to gain influence and visibility internationally. [...]

Muhoozi Kainerugaba (left), son of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, and Gideon Moi, son of former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi. © Gideon K. Moi/Muhoozi Kainerugaba/Twitter

Diplomacy 04/03/2022

The marriage of Museveni's daughter also ties the knots with key families

Angela Kakishozi, born out of the Ugandan president's second relationship, last week married the son of a former army general who has recently been critical of the head of state. [...]

Politics 24/02/2022

Museveni schmoozes Tshisekedi to avoid paying $325m war damages

The International Court of Justice ruling that Uganda must pay hefty war damages to the DRC comes as relations between the two countries are on the mend. Kampala is on a charm offensive towards its neighbour in the hope of an amicable settlement. [...]

SpotlightOil & gas 22/02/2022

TotalEnergies boss Patrick Pouyanné stands alone in bid to develop Tilenga

The development of oil fields in Lake Albert is testing the TotalEnergies boss' nerves. He is under pressure from politicians and environmentalists, while shareholders are lukewarm about the Tilenga project, which is partly located in a fragile ecosystem. [...]

French Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, Patrick Pouyanne. © Aurelien Morissard/IP3

Diplomacy Defence 16/02/2022

Sassou and Museveni set up African Global Security foundation to boost intelligence cooperation

The usually travel-shy Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni went to Congo on 11 February to meet Denis Sassou Nguesso. The trip, which also took him to Dakar, was prepared by Jean-Yves Ollivier, a champion of backchannel diplomacy, and was aimed at setting up the African Global Security foundation. [...]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni being welcomed in Congo by his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso on 11 February 2022. © @KagutaMuseveni/Twitter

Oil & gas 09/02/2022

McDermott-TotalEnergies catering contract winner Agility has friends in high places

A subsidiary of the Kuwaiti firm banked on a local ally with close government ties to prevail in a fierce battle to feed thousands of workers on the Tilenga project and maintain their living quarters. [...]

Oil & gas 07/02/2022

Museveni's refinery won't be ready for TotalEnergies and Cnooc's first barrels

The Ugandan president's cherished Kabaale refinery project has yet to receive the green light to start construction. [...]

The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. © Twitter/@KagutaMuseveni

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TotalEnergies rolls out ambitious local hiring plan for Tilenga

Museveni's NRM torn apart by battle for deceased speaker's chair

Raila Odinga aiming to become Horn of Africa's peace champion

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Army's National Enterprise Corp carries Museveni's industrial aspirations

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Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

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