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Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa
World Bank shells out $900m for farming

The money has been attributed to Kenya, Somalia, the Comoro Islands, Malawi, Tanzania and the AU.

Subscribers only Business 19.06.2023

Djibouti
Security firm S3 angles for AFRICOM deals

Select Security & Services (S3), a small private security company, is hoping that its two new partners will help it win contracts with the US army base in Djibouti.

Free access Business 16.06.2023

Kenya
Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

Gold prospectors work at an open-cast mine in the village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, on 15 July 2015. © Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

Subscribers only Mining 16.06.2023

Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and Faysal Islamic Bank dominate cashless banking

The two Sudanese banks are the only establishments to offer cashless payment options at a time when access to cash is difficult and even impossible, with banks in Khartoum closing down their over-the-counter services.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 15.06.2023

Djibouti
IOG to attend Paris summit

The Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) should be in Paris on 22 and 23 June for the summit being organised by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.06.2023

Kenya
Jambojet reaches for the sky as parent company Kenya Airways nosedives

The upturn in tourism bodes well for the low-cost airline which, unlike its parent company Kenya Airways, is aiming high.

Subscribers only Business 14.06.2023

Somalia
Somalia's financial backers plan security gathering

SOMALIA | The group of financial backers of Somalia, aka "Quint", has agreed to hold a security meeting before the end of the year, amid the ongoing fight against the Al-Shabaab armed group.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.06.2023

Kenya
US chamber of commerce calls for scrapping of new tech and start-up taxes

The influential trade association wants the Kenyan government to drop a raft of measures included in the upcoming budget.

Subscribers only Business 13.06.2023

Djibouti
Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Earlier this month, Interior Minister Said Nouh Hassan devised a new line-up of the state's representatives in Djibouti's five regions and Djibouti City. It was an opportunity to hand out some plum posts to friends and former colleagues.

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2023

Kenya
Ruto stands firm over finance bill

Keen to stay on good terms with international lenders who have recently released new funds, the Kenyan president is reluctant to tinker with his proposed budget, which calls for numerous new taxes and tax hikes.

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2023

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

The French and Kenyan presidents are organising summits in their respective capitals over the coming weeks which they are each hoping their counterpart will attend. It's seen as an opportunity to highlight their common positions on environmental and financial issues.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.06.2023

French president Emmanuel Macron with Kenya's president William Ruto at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on 24 January 2023.

Kenya
Critically short-staffed KRA seeks urgent treasury lifeline

The Kenya Revenue Authority has been haemorrhaging employees and struggling to recruit new staff at a time when the government is raising taxes across the board.

Subscribers only Finance 09.06.2023

Ethiopia
Pakistani pharmaceutical industry eyes Ethiopian market

Hoping to take advantage of the diplomatic rapprochement between Addis and Islamabad, Pakistan's industrial heavyweights, including a number of pharmaceutical laboratories, are on the lookout for business opportunities.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 08.06.2023

Tanzania
Race is on to build and run Kakono dam

The Tanzanian national energy company TANESCO has launched a call for tenders for the construction, administration and surveillance of the future 87.8KW Kakono power plant, billed at over $300m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.06.2023

Spotlight | Kenya
William Ruto makes his influence felt at Radio Africa Group

Since he came to power, the Kenyan president has been looking to forge closer links with press bosses as a means of obtaining greater influence over a media sector which he felt was largely hostile to him prior to his election.

Subscribers only Politics 07.06.2023

Kenyans read an edition of The Star, a daily newspaper owned by Radio Africa Group (RAG), on 4 February 2020 in Nairobi.

Sudan
Hemeti sends envoy to tell Europe how RSF protects civilians

Youssef Ezzat, a political adviser to the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, is to visit Berlin and London after a trip to Paris to try to convince these major Western powers that his camp is going all out to protect Sudanese civilians.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.06.2023

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces headquarter in Khartoum, on 19 February 2023.

Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa
China's foreign minister expected in Kenya

One of the aims of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's trip to Africa is to clear up issues relating to the debt of several of the continent's states, including Kenya.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 07.06.2023

Tanzania, Zambia
Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

Plans to renovate the international train line built by China in the 1970s have returned to the fore since Samia Suluhu Hassan came to power in Tanzania. Beijing is keen to get the new contract, but governments in the region are wary about the terms it is seeking.

Free access Infrastructure 06.06.2023

Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Yang Youming delivers a speech during the launch of Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) exhibition at the Lusaka National Museum, on 3 November 2017.

South Sudan
UN sanctions renewal dents Kiir's charm offensive

The South Sudanese government's bid to boost its image on the international stage has been badly dented by the renewal of UN sanctions that have been imposed on the country since 2018.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.06.2023

President Salva Kiir, South Sudan, 3 February 2023.

Uganda
Museveni cautiously cedes ground to his ambitious son Muhoozi

The president is avoiding confrontation with his eldest son, who hopes to succeed his father in 2026. But he is working to assert his authority over the army and win back the regions most defiant of his power.

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2023

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, in 2021.

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Frosty relations between Addis Ababa and Cairo as a result of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project are likely to stall processes in the African Union. The Egyptian head of the budget subcommittee still refuses to agree to a budget increase which would allow staff on temporary contracts, many of whom are Ethiopian, to be given a permanent status.

Subscribers only Politics 05.06.2023

Ethiopia
Russia beefs up its trade diplomacy in Addis Ababa

The Russian embassy in Addis Ababa is shortly due to welcome new trade representative Yaroslav Tarasyuk, who was appointed by decree by prime minister Mikhail Mishustin in mid-May.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 05.06.2023

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Catapulted to the head of the National Bank of Ethiopia at the beginning of the year, Abiy Ahmed's young protégé is tasked with reforming the institution in preparation for the opening up of the banking sector.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 02.06.2023

The governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, Mamo Mihretu.

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

The group of security partners of Somalia, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and whose goal is to assist the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is to meet again next week in Doha.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.06.2023

Ethiopia
Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia

Last month the Kenyan telecoms giant secured a mobile banking licence that it intends to make use of as soon as possible before other private telecoms operators descend on the country.

Subscribers only Business 01.06.2023

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa
World Bank shells out $900m for farming

Djibouti
Security firm S3 angles for AFRICOM deals

Kenya
Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and Faysal Islamic Bank dominate cashless banking

Djibouti
IOG to attend Paris summit

Kenya
Jambojet reaches for the sky as parent company Kenya Airways nosedives

Somalia
Somalia's financial backers plan security gathering

Kenya
US chamber of commerce calls for scrapping of new tech and start-up taxes

Djibouti
Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Kenya
Ruto stands firm over finance bill

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

Kenya
Critically short-staffed KRA seeks urgent treasury lifeline

Ethiopia
Pakistani pharmaceutical industry eyes Ethiopian market

Tanzania
Race is on to build and run Kakono dam

Spotlight | Kenya
William Ruto makes his influence felt at Radio Africa Group

Sudan
Hemeti sends envoy to tell Europe how RSF protects civilians

Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa
China's foreign minister expected in Kenya

Tanzania, Zambia
Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

South Sudan
UN sanctions renewal dents Kiir's charm offensive

Uganda
Museveni cautiously cedes ground to his ambitious son Muhoozi

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Ethiopia
Russia beefs up its trade diplomacy in Addis Ababa

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

Ethiopia
Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia

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Gabon The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa World Bank shells out $900m for farming

Djibouti Security firm S3 angles for AFRICOM deals

Kenya Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

Sudan Bank of Khartoum and Faysal Islamic Bank dominate cashless banking

Djibouti IOG to attend Paris summit

Kenya Jambojet reaches for the sky as parent company Kenya Airways nosedives

Somalia Somalia's financial backers plan security gathering

Kenya US chamber of commerce calls for scrapping of new tech and start-up taxes

Djibouti Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Kenya Ruto stands firm over finance bill

Kenya Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

Kenya Critically short-staffed KRA seeks urgent treasury lifeline

Ethiopia Pakistani pharmaceutical industry eyes Ethiopian market

Tanzania Race is on to build and run Kakono dam

Spotlight | Kenya William Ruto makes his influence felt at Radio Africa Group

Sudan Hemeti sends envoy to tell Europe how RSF protects civilians

Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa China's foreign minister expected in Kenya

Tanzania, Zambia Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

South Sudan UN sanctions renewal dents Kiir's charm offensive

Uganda Museveni cautiously cedes ground to his ambitious son Muhoozi

Egypt, Ethiopia Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Ethiopia Russia beefs up its trade diplomacy in Addis Ababa

Inner circles | Ethiopia Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Somalia Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

Ethiopia Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

East Africa
World Bank shells out $900m for farming

Djibouti
Security firm S3 angles for AFRICOM deals

Kenya
Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits

Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and Faysal Islamic Bank dominate cashless banking

Djibouti
IOG to attend Paris summit

Kenya
Jambojet reaches for the sky as parent company Kenya Airways nosedives

Somalia
Somalia's financial backers plan security gathering

Kenya
US chamber of commerce calls for scrapping of new tech and start-up taxes

Djibouti
Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Kenya
Ruto stands firm over finance bill

Kenya
Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits

Kenya
Critically short-staffed KRA seeks urgent treasury lifeline

Ethiopia
Pakistani pharmaceutical industry eyes Ethiopian market

Tanzania
Race is on to build and run Kakono dam

Spotlight | Kenya
William Ruto makes his influence felt at Radio Africa Group

Sudan
Hemeti sends envoy to tell Europe how RSF protects civilians

Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa
China's foreign minister expected in Kenya

Tanzania, Zambia
Zambia, Tanzania and DRC prepare for tough negotiations on TAZARA train line

South Sudan
UN sanctions renewal dents Kiir's charm offensive

Uganda
Museveni cautiously cedes ground to his ambitious son Muhoozi

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Ethiopia
Russia beefs up its trade diplomacy in Addis Ababa

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

Ethiopia
Safaricom determined to capitalise on its headstart in Ethiopia