Spotlight | Kenya
From Washington to the Horn, Ruto's new diplomatic strategy

Kenya
Defence agreement: Ball now in Paris's court

Kenya and France are stepping up security collaboration, with their first comprehensive military cooperation agreement expected to be concluded soon.

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.

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Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Egypt, Nigeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory Coast Régis Bamba, the e-banking whizzkid with big plans

Tanzania Bravious Kahyoza, outspoken rising economist star

Egypt Ahmed Tantawi's bold but implausible presidential bid

Nigeria Rabiu Olowo, finance guru

East Africa, Southern Africa
Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.

Somalia
EU provides €5m for humanitarian air links between Mogadishu and Nairobi

The EU will fund air links between Mogadishu and Nairobi, as well as within Somalia, for the next three years in order to maintain its humanitarian aid in the country.

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Guinea, Morocco, Tanzania, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GuineaSaikou Amadou Diallo, helming the fight against graft

MoroccoAli Seddiki, investment champion

TanzaniaCharles Makakala, Francophile incubator

KenyaJustina Wamae, sights set on the middle classes

East Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia
Somaliland conflict takes a regional turn

Somaliland, long seen as a haven of stability in a troubled region, is facing increasing unrest as fighting continues around the town of Las Anod between the breakaway province's army and militias loyal to Somalia and backed by al-Shabaab fighters.

Kenya
Russia steps on soft power pedal in Nairobi

Moscow is launching an increasing number of cultural and educational programmes in Kenya and is also planning to supply the country with free fertilisers in the hope of getting Kenya on its side over the war in Ukraine.

Somalia
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to travel to Doha

Though he was wary of Qatar at first for financially supporting his predecessor, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will travel to Doha in March just before the UN's LDC5 conference.

Kenya
Gulf job agencies fearful amid government crackdown

Nairobi is stepping up its efforts to inject order into the numerous agencies that recruit thousands of Kenyans every year for work in the Middle East. Its methods are causing alarm.

Uganda
World Bank stumps up funds to tackle rising poverty

The financial institution has approved significant funding to revive agriculture in Uganda. Productivity has stagnated in recent years and tangibly affected the general standard of living.

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Congo, Guinea, Burundi, Kenya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Congo Michel Djombo becomes the bosses' boss

Guinea Lionel Chobli picked to roll out fibre optic

Burundi Evrard Havyarimana boosts business links for Burundi diaspora in France

Kenya Carolyne Kamende Daudi at heart of the trial of the year

Kenya, Somalia
Ruto preparing to reopen land border with Somalia

Breaking news published on 05/12/22 at 1:20 pm - The Kenyan and Somali presidents have agreed to reopen the main land crossings between their two countries following intense negotiations between both heads of state. This marks a shift in the bilateral relationship, and in Kenyan security policy.

Somalia
Farmajo prepares his return from Istanbul

Former Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as 'Farmajo', has found refuge in Turkey, after his defeat in May by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta pushing for US trade deal two months before elections

The outgoing Kenyan administration is keen to speed up negotiations with its US counterparts before Uhuru Kenyatta's mandate ends. Despite sending a delegation to Kenya in early May, the US is stalling for time.

East Africa, Kenya
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.