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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Former finance minister Hiba Ahmed takes over as head of Islamic Development Fund

After her short spell as Sudan's finance minister from 2020 to 2021, former World Bank analyst Hiba Ahmed is returning to the world of international finance institutions.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 26.07.2022

In Focus | Sudan
Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council and commander of the army, in Khartoum on 27 June 2022. © Sudan Sovereignty Council Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via AFP

Subscribers only Defence 25.07.2022

Kenya
Late tycoon Kirubi's family takes Centum investment fund in hand

The son-in-law of the late businessman Chris Kirubi is taking on a growing role in the management of the fund, which manages a portfolio of about $1bn and is partly owned by the Kenyan state.

Subscribers only Business 25.07.2022

Djibouti
IOG to keep close tabs on finance minister during Djibouti Telecom privatisation

Djibouti's finance minister Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh. © Stephen Jaffe/International Monetary Fund/AFP

Subscribers only Politics, Business 22.07.2022

Tanzania
Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan. © USA Today Network via Reuters Connect

Subscribers only Business 22.07.2022

Sudan
WFP takes over cash aid programme from Khartoum amidst threat of famine

The iconic Family Support Program being on hold, the World Bank will resume with the help of the World Food Programme a similar scheme, but with a considerably smaller budget. A way for international donors to take the Sudanese military government out of the loop.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.07.2022

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

With just three weeks to go before Kenya's general election, the Mombasa governor's stranglehold on trade between South Sudan and Kenya is irking companies in both countries.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 21.07.2022

Kenya
Outgoing Kenyatta appoints brother-in-law and close aides to public agencies

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ministers have issued an unprecedented series of executive orders to renew the Kenyan administration for the coming years. It's a way to continue influencing the next term, in which the outgoing head of state won't be able to take part directly.

Subscribers only Politics 20.07.2022

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways chooses Kigali Airport manufacturer on the quiet

The Kigali airport build, Doha's flagship project in the land of a thousand hills, is estimated to cost some $1.5bn. Following a tense bidding process, Qatar Airways has now selected the consortium for the job.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.07.2022

Kenya
Kenyatta boosts his preferred Nairobi governor candidate, under pressure from Ruto

The president and his nemesis-cum-deputy support rival candidates for the capital's governorship. The outcome of this battle will have long-lasting repercussions.

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2022

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

After much humming and hawing, in the next few days, President of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is expected to make official the nomination to the head of the AU mission to Somalia, ATMIS (ex AMISOM).

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.07.2022

Kenya
Kenyatta cosies up to tea farmers ahead of elections

The government is increasing subsidies to cushion tea producers from the current economic turbulence. The tea sector is vital to the economy and a key source of votes, which the presidential camp and its allies cannot afford to do without.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 15.07.2022

Ethiopia
Russian foreign minister Lavrov to meet African Union in Addis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in #Ethiopia on 26 and 27 July and is expected to meet there with several ambassadors to the African Union.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2022

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

Neither Covid-19 nor regional instability have so far dampened the ambitions of top-end hotel groups in East Africa and the Horn, where the Big Four (Accor, Radisson, Hilton and Marriott) are continuing to prospect for business.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.07.2022

East Africa
Kenyatta pushes Kenyan khat in Djibouti and Ethiopia

Outgoing Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is hoping to take advantage of improving relations with his neighbours to sell them his country's psychotropic plant, khat. He came with his agriculture minister to a regional summit to try to drum up sales, but he faces an uphill struggle.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 13.07.2022

A khat seller in a market in Maua, Kenya.

East Africa
Why Hassan Sheikh Mohamud missed IGAD summit

Held up in Ankara by President Erdogan, the Somali president did not arrive in time for the meeting in Nairobi, despite the pressing nature of the topics up for discussion.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2022

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attend a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, on July 6, 2022.

Kenya
Fuel distributor Rubis forced to change tack in Nairobi

The French oil distribution group wants to make amends with the Kenyan authorities after they accused it in April of using Kenya as a landing pad to export its products to its East African subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 12.07.2022

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Faced with growing popular discontent, the Ugandan head of state Yoweri Museveni has made a number of declarations in an attempt to calm the social climate. His first target is fuel prices.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 11.07.2022

Ethiopia
Tigrayan businesses conditionally reopen in Addis

Since February, the federal government and several Tigrayan business people have been negotiating for a resumption of trade. The hotel and restaurant sector is particularly affected in the capital.

Subscribers only Business 11.07.2022

South Sudan
IGAD powerless in face of Juba's political deadlock

A lack of resources is hampering the mechanisms the regional bloc put in place to monitor South Sudan's transition.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 08.07.2022

Uganda
Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

The government is struggling to garner enough enthusiasm from private sector partners to finance its ambitious refinery and storage projects.

Subscribers only Energy 08.07.2022

Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Buoyed by the Franco-Rwandan rapprochement, French entrepreneurs have been flocking to Kigali since late last year. They have formed a business club and launched a charm offensive in the land of a thousand hills.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 07.07.2022

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2021 in Paris.

Ethiopia
Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

The Ethiopian government stockpiled fertiliser before the crisis and price hike. At a time when foreign exchange reserves are at their lowest, this hoard could help finance farming subsidies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 07.07.2022

South Sudan
Kiir and Machar at odds over pre-election reforms

Amid the opposition's boycott of parliament, several plans to ensure elections due later this year go smoothly are at a standstill. The rows centre on political party rules, the electoral calendar, and reform of the intelligence services, to which President Salva Kiir jealously clings.

Subscribers only Politics 06.07.2022

South Sudanese Vice President Riak Machar and President Salva Kiir, here in 2020.

Kenya
Hindustan Petroleum has another crack at Kenyan market

Keen to take advantage of expanding African markets, India's state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp has since June been looking for a financially robust and experienced local partner to stock its lubricants in Kenya.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders 06.07.2022

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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

Sudan
Former finance minister Hiba Ahmed takes over as head of Islamic Development Fund

In Focus | Sudan
Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

Kenya
Late tycoon Kirubi's family takes Centum investment fund in hand

Djibouti
IOG to keep close tabs on finance minister during Djibouti Telecom privatisation

Tanzania
Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

Sudan
WFP takes over cash aid programme from Khartoum amidst threat of famine

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

Kenya
Outgoing Kenyatta appoints brother-in-law and close aides to public agencies

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways chooses Kigali Airport manufacturer on the quiet

Kenya
Kenyatta boosts his preferred Nairobi governor candidate, under pressure from Ruto

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

Kenya
Kenyatta cosies up to tea farmers ahead of elections

Ethiopia
Russian foreign minister Lavrov to meet African Union in Addis

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

East Africa
Kenyatta pushes Kenyan khat in Djibouti and Ethiopia

East Africa
Why Hassan Sheikh Mohamud missed IGAD summit

Kenya
Fuel distributor Rubis forced to change tack in Nairobi

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Ethiopia
Tigrayan businesses conditionally reopen in Addis

South Sudan
IGAD powerless in face of Juba's political deadlock

Uganda
Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Ethiopia
Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

South Sudan
Kiir and Machar at odds over pre-election reforms

Kenya
Hindustan Petroleum has another crack at Kenyan market

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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

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Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

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Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan Former finance minister Hiba Ahmed takes over as head of Islamic Development Fund

In Focus | Sudan Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

Kenya Late tycoon Kirubi's family takes Centum investment fund in hand

Djibouti IOG to keep close tabs on finance minister during Djibouti Telecom privatisation

Tanzania Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

Sudan WFP takes over cash aid programme from Khartoum amidst threat of famine

Kenya, South Sudan Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

Kenya Outgoing Kenyatta appoints brother-in-law and close aides to public agencies

Spotlight | Rwanda Qatar Airways chooses Kigali Airport manufacturer on the quiet

Kenya Kenyatta boosts his preferred Nairobi governor candidate, under pressure from Ruto

Somalia New AU mission head to be named soon

Kenya Kenyatta cosies up to tea farmers ahead of elections

Ethiopia Russian foreign minister Lavrov to meet African Union in Addis

East Africa Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

East Africa Kenyatta pushes Kenyan khat in Djibouti and Ethiopia

East Africa Why Hassan Sheikh Mohamud missed IGAD summit

Kenya Fuel distributor Rubis forced to change tack in Nairobi

Uganda Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Ethiopia Tigrayan businesses conditionally reopen in Addis

South Sudan IGAD powerless in face of Juba's political deadlock

Uganda Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

Spotlight | Rwanda Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Ethiopia Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

South Sudan Kiir and Machar at odds over pre-election reforms

Kenya Hindustan Petroleum has another crack at Kenyan market

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

Sudan
Former finance minister Hiba Ahmed takes over as head of Islamic Development Fund

In Focus | Sudan
Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

Kenya
Late tycoon Kirubi's family takes Centum investment fund in hand

Djibouti
IOG to keep close tabs on finance minister during Djibouti Telecom privatisation

Tanzania
Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

Sudan
WFP takes over cash aid programme from Khartoum amidst threat of famine

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

Kenya
Outgoing Kenyatta appoints brother-in-law and close aides to public agencies

Spotlight | Rwanda
Qatar Airways chooses Kigali Airport manufacturer on the quiet

Kenya
Kenyatta boosts his preferred Nairobi governor candidate, under pressure from Ruto

Somalia
New AU mission head to be named soon

Kenya
Kenyatta cosies up to tea farmers ahead of elections

Ethiopia
Russian foreign minister Lavrov to meet African Union in Addis

East Africa
Rivalry between hotel chain Accor and US competitors switches to Horn

East Africa
Kenyatta pushes Kenyan khat in Djibouti and Ethiopia

East Africa
Why Hassan Sheikh Mohamud missed IGAD summit

Kenya
Fuel distributor Rubis forced to change tack in Nairobi

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Ethiopia
Tigrayan businesses conditionally reopen in Addis

South Sudan
IGAD powerless in face of Juba's political deadlock

Uganda
Museveni's team forced to curb downstream goals

Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Ethiopia
Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

South Sudan
Kiir and Machar at odds over pre-election reforms

Kenya
Hindustan Petroleum has another crack at Kenyan market