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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

The Kenya Revenue Authority doesn't have enough money to reimburse all overcharged state agencies. Felix Koskei is on the case.

Subscribers only Finance 12.03.2024

Kenya
Ruling party worried as maverick MP makes headway in Central Province

Gathoni Wamuchomba is a vocal critic of current reforms of the tea and coffee sectors even though she is a member of Kenya's governing coalition. Yet as she gains popularity on the ground, party bigwigs are fretting.

Subscribers only Politics 11.03.2024

Somaliland
Foreign minister due in London and Paris to defend Ethiopia deal

When Somaliland signed an MoU with Ethiopia on New Year's Day, regional tensions cranked up a few notches. Now its top diplomat Essa Kayd is hoping to drum up UK and French support.

Free access Diplomacy 08.03.2024

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

The financially troubled Uchumi supermarket chain is undergoing a safeguard procedure to pay its creditors. The Ruto administration tried to step in itself, but United Bank for Africa has gone it alone and secured an advantageous arrangement with the company.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 08.03.2024

Uganda
Kampala hopes to capitalise on US-China race for graphite and rare earths

The Ugandan government plans to take advantage of Beijing and Washington's appetite for energy transition minerals to consolidate its mining industry, which is still in its infancy in these sectors.

Subscribers only Mining 07.03.2024

Kenya
Turbulent Kenya Airways privatisation prompts government rethink

The national carrier's woes are putting off potential private sector buyers. As the government mulls reviving a different kind of sell-off scheme for its stake, the airline has put some of its own plans on hold.

Subscribers only Politics, Business Running story - William Ruto's new order 07.03.2024

Kenya, Somalia
Re-opening of Kenya-Somalia border back on hold

Kenyan security services reckon the security needed to resume cross-border trade is not yet in place. This is putting the brakes on Somalia's integration into the East African Community.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.03.2024

Kenyan security officers in Liboi, near the Kenyan border with Somalia, in 2011.

Djibouti
IOG advances on cybersecurity reforms ahead of financial crime watchdog report

President Ismail Omar Guelleh wants to see Djibouti become an international financial centre and is making moves to strengthen the security of the country's information systems, which he hopes will satisfy the FATF experts currently assessing the port nation.

Subscribers only Finance 06.03.2024

Ismail Omar Guelleh speaks during COP 28 in Dubai on 1 December, 2023.

Sudan
Guest list for Paris humanitarian conference still under debate

French diplomats preparing a meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan are hoping to bring together different points of view at a time when movements opposed to the war are still struggling to reach agreement.

Subscribers only Politics 05.03.2024

Kenya
Hasmukh Patel takes on cement market leaders Lafarge and National Cement

Patel's Mombasa Cement, one of Kenya's leading cement producers, plans to open a new quarry in order to diversify its product range and compete with industry heavyweights.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.03.2024

Hasmukh Patel at the Sydney Energy Forum in Australia on 13 July 2022.

Spotlight | Africa
Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission head

The pan-African organisation wants to introduce a new system for allocating its top jobs. Some states, such as Kenya, are very much in favour of this, but others, like Nigeria, are likely to oppose it to protect their own interests.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.03.2024

Kenya's former prime minister Raila Odinga.

Uganda
US sanctions against businessman Valerii Copeichin could impact Uganda's air force

Washington has just added to its sanctions list Moldovan businessman Valerii Copeichin, whose company Pro Heli maintains Uganda's Russian-manufactured military aircraft. The decision threatens to hamper the modernisation of the Uganda Air Force.

Subscribers only Defence 04.03.2024

Kenya
Ruto gambles on chalk-and-cheese financial advisers Ndii and Rotich

The Kenyan president has reorganised his team of economic advisers, bringing on board Henry Rotich, a former minister and architect of major government borrowing. But he and David Ndii, a debt critic who heads the President's Council of Economic Advisors, do not see eye to eye.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 01.03.2024

Kenya
Jimmy Wanjigi moves to become Ruto's leading opponent

The business magnate turned political wild card has threatened to launch protests against the government if it fails to change its policies. But Wanjigi may struggle to drum up the opposition now that its leader Raila Odinga is moving closer to President Ruto.

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2024

Burundi, Rwanda
Burundi militarises border as fears of conflict with Rwanda grow

Burundi, which feels threatened by Rwanda, has deployed troops to its northern border and boosted military and economic ties with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.02.2024

President Evariste Ndayishimiye in Bujumbura, Burundi, 4 February 2023.

Kenya
Kenya electricity provider builds new power station

The troubled state-owned company is itself financing new infrastructure to stop power cuts that are leading industrial clients to seek power elsewhere.

Subscribers only Energy 27.02.2024

Sudan
Taqaddum, private sector to discuss post-conflict scenarios

The Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces and dozens of business people are due to meet in the Ethiopian capital this week for a conference organised by a US NGO.

Subscribers only Business 27.02.2024

Sudan's former prime minister Abdallah Hamdok, chair of Taqaddum, in 2019.

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Africa Intelligence condemns the unjustified arrest on 22 February and subsequent detention in Addis Ababa of one of its journalists, Antoine Galindo, while he was on an assignment in Ethiopia and calls for his immediate release.

Free access 26.02.2024

Kenya
Ruto in open conflict with Nation Media Group

Kenya's leading media group is facing a wave of targeted attacks on social networks, while the government is clipping its financial wings.

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2024

Kenyan president William Ruto in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 13 February 2024.

Uganda
Museveni's son forms new group to boost 2026 election chances

Muhoozi Kainerugaba is working to widen his support base ahead of the next presidential election. In response, Interior Minister Kahinda Otafiire is reorganising his own allies.

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2024

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, in Entebbe, Uganda, on 7 May 2022.

Inner circles | Djibouti
RPP leader Dawaleh fears being ousted at party conference

The executive committee of the ruling party is growing increasingly nervous ahead of its party conference next month. Its secretary-general Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh knows he is under threat and is mobilising his few remaining supporters in a bid to hang on to his position.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2024

Djibouti's Minister of Economy and Finance, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, in Djibouti in December 2017.

Kenya
The boat-rocking pair at the heart of Ruto's government

Kenya's civil service chief Felix Koskei and the president's personal assistant, Farouk Kibet, are making an outsized mark on the affairs of state. This has fuelled tensions with the deputy president and the prime minister, who feel their wings have been clipped.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2024

President of Kenya William Ruto in Addis Ababa on 18 February 2024.

Kenya
Rising interest rates prompt East African Breweries to make early loan repayments

The Kenyan brewery is keen to maintain financial headroom amid challenging financial times. The second half of 2023 saw the firm's profits fall by more than 20%.

Subscribers only Finance 22.02.2024

Kenya
Ruto refuses to cancel coffee growers' debts

The coffee sector has struggled to find funding since recent reforms sidelined multinational traders. Meanwhile, the government is having a hard time selling its own proposals.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 22.02.2024

Ethiopia
Deloitte helps Ethio Telecom prepare IPO on future Ethiopian stock exchange

The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority and the consultancy firm Deloitte have been working together for weeks on the public operator's planned IPO.

Subscribers only Business 21.02.2024

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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

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

Kenya
Ruling party worried as maverick MP makes headway in Central Province

Somaliland
Foreign minister due in London and Paris to defend Ethiopia deal

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Uganda
Kampala hopes to capitalise on US-China race for graphite and rare earths

Kenya
Turbulent Kenya Airways privatisation prompts government rethink

Kenya, Somalia
Re-opening of Kenya-Somalia border back on hold

Djibouti
IOG advances on cybersecurity reforms ahead of financial crime watchdog report

Sudan
Guest list for Paris humanitarian conference still under debate

Kenya
Hasmukh Patel takes on cement market leaders Lafarge and National Cement

Spotlight | Africa
Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission head

Uganda
US sanctions against businessman Valerii Copeichin could impact Uganda's air force

Kenya
Ruto gambles on chalk-and-cheese financial advisers Ndii and Rotich

Kenya
Jimmy Wanjigi moves to become Ruto's leading opponent

Burundi, Rwanda
Burundi militarises border as fears of conflict with Rwanda grow

Kenya
Kenya electricity provider builds new power station

Sudan
Taqaddum, private sector to discuss post-conflict scenarios

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Kenya
Ruto in open conflict with Nation Media Group

Uganda
Museveni's son forms new group to boost 2026 election chances

Inner circles | Djibouti
RPP leader Dawaleh fears being ousted at party conference

Kenya
The boat-rocking pair at the heart of Ruto's government

Kenya
Rising interest rates prompt East African Breweries to make early loan repayments

Kenya
Ruto refuses to cancel coffee growers' debts

Ethiopia
Deloitte helps Ethio Telecom prepare IPO on future Ethiopian stock exchange

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

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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

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

Kenya Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

Kenya Ruling party worried as maverick MP makes headway in Central Province

Somaliland Foreign minister due in London and Paris to defend Ethiopia deal

Kenya Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Uganda Kampala hopes to capitalise on US-China race for graphite and rare earths

Kenya Turbulent Kenya Airways privatisation prompts government rethink

Kenya, Somalia Re-opening of Kenya-Somalia border back on hold

Djibouti IOG advances on cybersecurity reforms ahead of financial crime watchdog report

Sudan Guest list for Paris humanitarian conference still under debate

Kenya Hasmukh Patel takes on cement market leaders Lafarge and National Cement

Spotlight | Africa Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission head

Uganda US sanctions against businessman Valerii Copeichin could impact Uganda's air force

Kenya Ruto gambles on chalk-and-cheese financial advisers Ndii and Rotich

Kenya Jimmy Wanjigi moves to become Ruto's leading opponent

Burundi, Rwanda Burundi militarises border as fears of conflict with Rwanda grow

Kenya Kenya electricity provider builds new power station

Sudan Taqaddum, private sector to discuss post-conflict scenarios

Ethiopia Press Release Africa Intelligence

Kenya Ruto in open conflict with Nation Media Group

Uganda Museveni's son forms new group to boost 2026 election chances

Inner circles | Djibouti RPP leader Dawaleh fears being ousted at party conference

Kenya The boat-rocking pair at the heart of Ruto's government

Kenya Rising interest rates prompt East African Breweries to make early loan repayments

Kenya Ruto refuses to cancel coffee growers' debts

Ethiopia Deloitte helps Ethio Telecom prepare IPO on future Ethiopian stock exchange

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

Kenya
Ruto deploys civil service boss to defuse tax row

Kenya
Ruling party worried as maverick MP makes headway in Central Province

Somaliland
Foreign minister due in London and Paris to defend Ethiopia deal

Kenya
Failing Uchumi supermarkets pay to keep United Bank for Africa sweet

Uganda
Kampala hopes to capitalise on US-China race for graphite and rare earths

Kenya
Turbulent Kenya Airways privatisation prompts government rethink

Kenya, Somalia
Re-opening of Kenya-Somalia border back on hold

Djibouti
IOG advances on cybersecurity reforms ahead of financial crime watchdog report

Sudan
Guest list for Paris humanitarian conference still under debate

Kenya
Hasmukh Patel takes on cement market leaders Lafarge and National Cement

Spotlight | Africa
Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission head

Uganda
US sanctions against businessman Valerii Copeichin could impact Uganda's air force

Kenya
Ruto gambles on chalk-and-cheese financial advisers Ndii and Rotich

Kenya
Jimmy Wanjigi moves to become Ruto's leading opponent

Burundi, Rwanda
Burundi militarises border as fears of conflict with Rwanda grow

Kenya
Kenya electricity provider builds new power station

Sudan
Taqaddum, private sector to discuss post-conflict scenarios

Ethiopia
Press Release Africa Intelligence

Kenya
Ruto in open conflict with Nation Media Group

Uganda
Museveni's son forms new group to boost 2026 election chances

Inner circles | Djibouti
RPP leader Dawaleh fears being ousted at party conference

Kenya
The boat-rocking pair at the heart of Ruto's government

Kenya
Rising interest rates prompt East African Breweries to make early loan repayments

Kenya
Ruto refuses to cancel coffee growers' debts

Ethiopia
Deloitte helps Ethio Telecom prepare IPO on future Ethiopian stock exchange