East Africa

IMF warns Tanzania of October poll-related economic risks

Tanzania’s economic activity has been robust, but risks remain tilted to the dow...

Why distressed NSE-listed firms don’t want to be put on...

NSE-listed firms are resisting a new recovery board, warning it could scare off ...

Rental, sales taxes raise Somalia’s domestic revenues t...

Banking regulator says in its latest annual report that Mogadishu saw a signific...

Failures that cost Malawi's Chakwera the presidency

Malawi’s outgoing President Lazarus Chakwera has been voted out after a term mar...

Unfit for purpose: Time to reinvent democracy for prese...

Global democracy is weakening, but small gains in Africa and beyond offer hope.

Africa 2.0: China should learn from its Dar wins to avo...

Luanda’s fuel protests targeting Chinese businesses highlight tensions in China–...

No, that isn’t what Smith meant by self-interest; you a...

Adam Smith’s gospel of self-interest may have fueled Africa’s post-colonial miss...

We likely intend to stage ‘Hamlet’ without the prince a...

Tanzania’s opposition faces a weakened front as Chadema’s jailed leader undersco...

KQ aborts Beijing route launch, spares crisis bites

Kenya Airways’ planned Nairobi–Beijing route faces delays as a global aircraft a...

Tariff woes: Calculated uncertainty upending global tra...

In abandoning the playbook, the US has challenged the buffer and predictability ...

Rented sovereignty: The hidden costs of donor-funded se...

Donor-driven security has left African states dependent and the West trapped in ...

Who, then, is going to use those roads, bridges and ele...

Attention is everything. Power needs people to work, you can’t balance the equat...

On human rights, Ruto regime has failed every test

Only Ruto thinks that he is spectacularly transforming Kenya.

Congo, Rwanda to begin security steps in October under ...

The timeline offers specific dates for Rwanda and Congo to carry out the peace p...

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga rivalry escalates

Power struggles rock Zanu PF as Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga clash over a bid to ex...

Somalia’s new bourse eyes $2bn diaspora funds, IPOs in ...

Somalia’s new securities exchange is courting $2 billion in diaspora investment ...