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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

The president's office and the prime minister are rowing over how funds meant to feed Covid-19 patients are being used.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2020

Uganda
Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

The Chinese major has already made its decision: it has no intention of leaving the way clear for its French rival.

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2020

Kenya
Kenyatta contacts help Ergon Solar push forward on Kisumu solar plant

The renewable energy producer Ergon Solar drew on the contacts of its vice president Alberto Soprani among Kenya's presidential clan to push forward with its solar power plant in Kenya.

Subscribers only Energy 12.05.2020

Rwanda
Despite Covid-19, Kigali continues to court mining investors with help of Tony Blair Institute

Its trips abroad cancelled on account of the pandemic, the Rwandan government has, with the help of consultants from the foundation of the former British prime minister, set up an online system for advertising mining opportunities in the country and requesting permits.

Subscribers only Mining 11.05.2020

Kenya
NIS recruits South Africa's Milkor to monitor online activism in run-up to presidential election

Kenya's National Intelligence Service, which is increasingly encroaching on the political sphere, will soon possess a social media surveillance system made to measure by Milkor.

Subscribers only Defence 11.05.2020

Kenya
Moi family's Standard Group seeks new CEO

The senator Gideon Moi, whose family owns Standard Group, has asked its board to recruit a replacement for the current boss Orlando Lyomu.

Subscribers only 08.05.2020

Uganda
Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Deeply in the red, UNOC will struggle to pay its share of key projects.

Subscribers only Energy 07.05.2020

Kenya
PAE to train Kenyan drone pilots in Manda Bay to keep watch over Al-Shabaab

Trained under a US State Department contract, Kenyan drone pilots will monitor Somali militants.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.05.2020

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

In its drive to reform the Sudanese intelligence services and thereby curtail the power of this key cog in the regime of the ousted president Omar al-Bashir, the Khartoum government has deprived it of one of its principal sources of income: its gold mining company.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 06.05.2020

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Although he made no mention of it at a State House speech he gave at the presidential podium on 25 April, Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho is trying to persuade President Uhuru Kenyatta to bring the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 06.05.2020

Spotlight | Africa, China, United States
When Trump confronts China head on, Obama teams up with Alibaba

While the Covid-19 pandemic has exasperated already strained relations between the Trump administration and Beijing, Barack Obama has taken a step in the opposite direction. His foundation quietly sought out the Chinese tech giant Alibaba to work on mutual projects in Africa.

Barack Obama and Jack Ma at an APEC meeting in the Philippines in November 2015/

Subscribers only Finance 05.05.2020

Kenya
Nairobi airport forced to postpone terminal 1 refit

The global Covid-19 pandemic has forced the Kenyan authorities to delay a call for tenders for the refurbishment of one of the two terminals at the Nairobi airport.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.05.2020

Ethiopia
TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

The political opponents of the Ethiopian prime minister are seeking to prevent him from postponing the elections originally scheduled for August.

Subscribers only Politics 04.05.2020

Kenya
CBK considers stepping in to help Kenyan banks

The governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Patrick Njoroge, is actively searching for ways of preventing small Kenyan businesses from going under in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 04.05.2020

Kenya
Treasury U-turns on tax imperil Tullow and Total export operations

Strong rivalries between ministries could well lead to the revising of the deals signed with Tullow Oil, Total and Africa Oil.

Free access Energy, Politics 30.04.2020

Uganda
Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

The Chinese-owned Olsen East Africa, which first arrived in Uganda to breed pangolins, recently requested a new mining exploration permit.

Pangolins are among the world's most trafficked animals. There is a large demand in Asia in Asia for its meat and the reputed medicinal properties of its scales.

Subscribers only Mining 30.04.2020

Somalia
Ali Hassan Khaire searches desperately for fresh funds

The Somali prime minister is using the government's catastrophic economic projections and the expected impact of the Covid-19 pandemic to try to obtain additional international aid

Subscribers only Politics 30.04.2020

Africa
Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov appoints right-hand man to head RenCap

Renaissance Capital, founded by Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, has recently changed managers, replacing French chief executive Christophe Charlier by Russian Dmitry Razumov, who is also the CEO of Prokhorov's holding company. The surprise move comes at a time when Renaissance, like companies everywhere, is having to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Subscribers only Finance 30.04.2020

Uganda
Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Bulgarian defence equipment broker Ivaylo Jotov won the contract to restore Uganda's L-39 training and fighter jets but then subcontracted it to two subsidiaries of Ukrainian public sector conglomerate UkrOboronProm.

Un jet L-39 de l'Uganda People's Defence Air Force.

Subscribers only Defence 29.04.2020

Great lakes
Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only affecting the price of gold, it is also affecting the numbers of small miners involved in extracting it.

Subscribers only Mining 29.04.2020

Spotlight | Uganda
How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

In between cancelled meetings, Total and Tullow Oil were able to prompt swift action from President Yoweri Museveni over the Lake Albert asset sale. Now all that remains to be seen is what CNOOC will decide to do.

Total chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanné.

Subscribers only Energy 28.04.2020

South Sudan
SPLA-IO's General James Nando now recruiting for President Kiir

Having thrown in his lot with the president, the former opposition division commander is trying to persuade his troops to follow him.

Subscribers only Politics 28.04.2020

Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

The Kenyan supermarket chain Naivas has set into motion a plan to expand its business into the Great Lakes region alonsgide its new partners, the (IFC and Amethis (Edmond de Rothschild Group).

Subscribers only 28.04.2020

Kenya
Treasury minister Ukur Yatani banned from recruiting by President Kenyatta

Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani, who is suspected of handing out jobs to his allies, is being kept under close surveillance by Uhuru Kenyatta

Subscribers only Politics 27.04.2020

Kenya
Convivium Investments keen to find buyer for its 40-MW project

The Italian entrepreneur Alfonso Ippolito who has been working to get a solar power project off the ground in Kenya since 2014 is on the hunt for new investors to take over.

Subscribers only Energy 23.04.2020

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Uganda
Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

Kenya
Kenyatta contacts help Ergon Solar push forward on Kisumu solar plant

Rwanda
Despite Covid-19, Kigali continues to court mining investors with help of Tony Blair Institute

Kenya
NIS recruits South Africa's Milkor to monitor online activism in run-up to presidential election

Kenya
Moi family's Standard Group seeks new CEO

Uganda
Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Kenya
PAE to train Kenyan drone pilots in Manda Bay to keep watch over Al-Shabaab

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Spotlight | Africa, China, United States
When Trump confronts China head on, Obama teams up with Alibaba

Kenya
Nairobi airport forced to postpone terminal 1 refit

Ethiopia
TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

Kenya
CBK considers stepping in to help Kenyan banks

Kenya
Treasury U-turns on tax imperil Tullow and Total export operations

Uganda
Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

Somalia
Ali Hassan Khaire searches desperately for fresh funds

Africa
Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov appoints right-hand man to head RenCap

Uganda
Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Great lakes
Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Spotlight | Uganda
How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

South Sudan
SPLA-IO's General James Nando now recruiting for President Kiir

Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

Kenya
Treasury minister Ukur Yatani banned from recruiting by President Kenyatta

Kenya
Convivium Investments keen to find buyer for its 40-MW project

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Uganda Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

Kenya Kenyatta contacts help Ergon Solar push forward on Kisumu solar plant

Rwanda Despite Covid-19, Kigali continues to court mining investors with help of Tony Blair Institute

Kenya NIS recruits South Africa's Milkor to monitor online activism in run-up to presidential election

Kenya Moi family's Standard Group seeks new CEO

Uganda Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Kenya PAE to train Kenyan drone pilots in Manda Bay to keep watch over Al-Shabaab

Sudan Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Kenya Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Spotlight | Africa, China, United States When Trump confronts China head on, Obama teams up with Alibaba

Kenya Nairobi airport forced to postpone terminal 1 refit

Ethiopia TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

Kenya CBK considers stepping in to help Kenyan banks

Kenya Treasury U-turns on tax imperil Tullow and Total export operations

Uganda Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

Somalia Ali Hassan Khaire searches desperately for fresh funds

Africa Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov appoints right-hand man to head RenCap

Uganda Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Great lakes Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Spotlight | Uganda How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

South Sudan SPLA-IO's General James Nando now recruiting for President Kiir

Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

Kenya Treasury minister Ukur Yatani banned from recruiting by President Kenyatta

Kenya Convivium Investments keen to find buyer for its 40-MW project

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Djibouti
What happened to Covid-19 food aid money?

Uganda
Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

Kenya
Kenyatta contacts help Ergon Solar push forward on Kisumu solar plant

Rwanda
Despite Covid-19, Kigali continues to court mining investors with help of Tony Blair Institute

Kenya
NIS recruits South Africa's Milkor to monitor online activism in run-up to presidential election

Kenya
Moi family's Standard Group seeks new CEO

Uganda
Auditor general alarmed by state of Uganda National Oil Co finances

Kenya
PAE to train Kenyan drone pilots in Manda Bay to keep watch over Al-Shabaab

Sudan
Intelligence services divested of their pot of gold

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Spotlight | Africa, China, United States
When Trump confronts China head on, Obama teams up with Alibaba

Kenya
Nairobi airport forced to postpone terminal 1 refit

Ethiopia
TPLF seeks to pressure Abiy Ahmed Ali over general election postponement

Kenya
CBK considers stepping in to help Kenyan banks

Kenya
Treasury U-turns on tax imperil Tullow and Total export operations

Uganda
Former pangolin breeder Olsen East Africa expands mining business

Somalia
Ali Hassan Khaire searches desperately for fresh funds

Africa
Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov appoints right-hand man to head RenCap

Uganda
Jotov & Son and UkrOboronProm modernise Air Force's L-39 jets

Great lakes
Fall in "3T" prices drives small miners into gold

Spotlight | Uganda
How Pouyanné used Covid crisis to Total's advantage in Tullow acquisition

South Sudan
SPLA-IO's General James Nando now recruiting for President Kiir

Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
Naivas Supermarket broadens its horizon beyond Kenyan borders

Kenya
Treasury minister Ukur Yatani banned from recruiting by President Kenyatta

Kenya
Convivium Investments keen to find buyer for its 40-MW project