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Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

Industry and Trade

Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

In the past years, more research has been conducted about the alternatives of our current linear economy that is focused...

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

Ethiopian Airlines- The Exchange (aviation)

How EAC partner states plan to ensure air safety after reopening

Report Insight: What’s next for Africa’s economy post virus grip

Report Insight: What’s next for Africa’s economy post virus grip

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Tanzania: Automotive sector attracting investment

Tanzania: Automotive sector attracting investment

Exponential Growth in Cyber Security Risks in East Africa

Exponential Growth in Cyber Security Risks in East Africa

Dar Rapid Transit (DART)- Tanzania Investment- The Exchange

World Bank funds infrastructure in Eastern and Southern Africa

Africa’s food security relies on climate smart agriculture

Africa’s food security relies on climate smart agriculture

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Tanzania: Central Bank issues stimulus, banks increase lending

Kenya National Debt now over half of GDP

Kenya seeking ‘way out’ of China SGR debt

Kenya seeking ‘way out’ of China SGR debt

Kenya losing billions annually to counterfeit

Kenya losing billions annually to counterfeit

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How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

by Padili Mikomangwa

Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report on the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) showed that the Tanzania economy managed...

Regional Markets

Money Deals

Tanzanian money (World Atlas)- The Exchange

How well are you prepared for pay cut amidst the Global pandemic?

The job market is ever dynamic; continuously changing as a result...

by Maureen Murori

E-vouchers could help transform agriculture and increase food security in Africa. The e-vouchers are used to purchase farm inputs helping support smallholder farmers access capital.

How E-vouchers can enhance Africa’s food security

With such an initiative, smallholder farmers who suffer the brunt...

by Njenga Hakeenah

Sub-Saharan Africa M&A transactions and fees declined in Q1 2020. Africatel Holdings’ US$1.0 billion sale of PT Ventures to Angolan Sonangol in January was the largest deal in the region during the first quarter of 2020. www.theexchange.africa

Sub-Saharan Africa M&A transactions, fees decline in Q1 2020

Investment banking fees in Sub-Saharan Africa reached an estimated US$128.2...

by Njenga Hakeenah

Testing a section of the SGR in Tanzania. Tanzania is edging closer to dominating East Africa’s transport sector with the latest SGR line financing. www.theexchange.africa

Tanzania edges closer to dominating East Africa’s transport with SGR

Tanzania will subject the SGR to its first formal testing...

by Njenga Hakeenah

February 18, 2020

Zimbabwe-China currency swap

Zimbabwe-China currency swap

Zimbabwe signed a currency swap deal with China, hoping to...

by Caroline Muriuki

Highlights

Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

How EAC partner states plan to ensure air safety after reopening

Report Insight: What’s next for Africa’s economy post virus grip

$200m for Agriculture Sector in Africa

Kenya’s manufacturing sector gears up for the reopening of the economy

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11 African countries to be allowed to enter the EU

June 26, 2020

What Tanzania’s 2020/2021 budget says

June 15, 2020

Somalia: Promises of black gold

June 15, 2020

Kenyan travel-tech HotelOnline on major onslaught of the African market

Kenyan travel-tech HotelOnline on major onslaught of the African market

July 1, 2020

A look at Foodledoodle, Kenya’s premier cloud kitchen

A look at Foodledoodle, Kenya’s premier cloud kitchen

June 17, 2020

Opinion

What Africa’s “new normal” looks like, post Pandemic!

Digital Medicine in Africa - The Exchange

President Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel once said “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste. It...

Tech & Biz

Tech innovations can help save lives, reduce costs and enable better service delivery in Africa. Investors should look for the unlimited digital opportunities for investing in Africa. www.theexchange.africa

Tech & Business

Investing in Africa? Continent’s unlimited digital opportunities

by Njenga Hakeenah

The emerging digital ecosystem is a crucial multiplier of this growth, evident during the coronavirus pandemic

Kenyan internet buyers would rather get high-quality technical services from 'affordable' providers than pay extra for 'lavish’ brands. Internet, consumers prefer low-cost services www.theexchange.africa

Tech & Business

Local internet exchange points good for Africa’s digital economy

by Njenga Hakeenah

Local IXPs are a critical piece of technical infrastructure that improves internet access.

The robots being used in Rwanda to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Rwanda is setting the pace on the continent in embedding technology in its healthcare sector.www.theexchange.africa

Tech & Business

Rwanda edges closer to claiming Africa’s tech hub position

by Njenga Hakeenah

The country has for long been using drones to deliver blood to hospitals in the hilly nation.

Techin Africa

Tech & Business

Disruptive Innovations – investing outside the box

It feels very appropriate to talk about investing in disruptive innovation at a time when all of our lives have...

Investing

Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

Industry and Trade

Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

In the past years, more research has been conducted about...

Construction (Freepik)

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected world...

Ethiopian Airlines- The Exchange (aviation)

How EAC partner states plan to ensure air safety after reopening

The East African Business Council (EABC) has urged the EAC...

by Kawira Mutisya

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President Kenyatta dismisses port grab as mere propaganda noting that Kenya was already way ahead in servicing its debts to China

Naivasha ICD: Not close enough for Mombasa-Kigali SGR plan

Looking at the financial budgets of East African

Looking at the financial budgets of East African

Charging an electric car. The DRC is a leading producer of the raw materials needed for electric cars making it the best positioned to reap from the drop in oil prices. www.theexchange.africa

Hidden blessing for DR Congo in oil price crashes

African free trade zone launch pushed to January

African free trade zone launch pushed to January

Uganda, Rwanda record reduced trade flows

Uganda, Rwanda record reduced trade flows

An agricultural field. Kenya has failed consistently on implementing the Maputo protocol which calls for 10 per cent allocation of the national budget in agriculture development. www.theexchange.africa

Kenya penny pinches for the agriculture sector despite promise

Mergers & Acqusition

MMC Africa Law has teamed up with Africa’s international law firm ASAFO & CO to form MMC ASAFO, in a merger likely to shake the continental space.

How merged law firms plan to take on Africa

November 11, 2019

Global entertainemnt channel Trace acquires Kenya Qwetu Radio

November 6, 2019

Nigeria’s Access Bank acquires Transnational Bank

November 5, 2019

What you should know on Unilever’s acquisition of Kenyan-Tanzanian firm

October 26, 2019

Countries

Intra-EAC trade on the decrease

Intra-EAC trade on the decrease

Post virus grip: Business in Egypt bounce back strong

The changing face of South Sudan

Kenya National Debt now over half of GDP

Economic Growth

A large arch concrete dam. There are several power generation projects planned to increase access to electricity in Africa. www.theexchange.africa

Africa’s mega power generation projects to light up Dark Continent

Africa’s mini-grid sector offers huge investment opportunities

It’s time Africa mechanises agriculture to meet food demand

Recession and what it means for Africa

The Indicator

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has for the fifth year been feted as the ‘Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator in Africa 2019’ by the International Finance Magazine.

Why Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is King in Africa

October 25, 2019

Rwanda leads EAC in global ease of doing business

October 24, 2019

Kenya’s insurance premiums hit US$1.13 billion mark

September 14, 2019

Kenya push for closure of ivory trade

Agribusiness

Kenya to launch Agribusiness programmes to support youth involvement in agriculture

Kenya to launch Agribusiness programmes to support youth involvement in agriculture

Horticulture exports gaining momentum

Africa’s post-harvest losses and poverty eradication conundrum

C-19, Obituary of flowers: An industry in peril

Energy

Cameroon’s Nachtigal Hydropower project. The country has an ambitious goal to increase electricity coverage and reduce power outages. www.theexchange.africa

How Africa will achieve universal electricity access

Africa’s long journey to clean energy access keeps aborting

Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan set for Blue Nile dam agreement this January

January 16, 2020

South Africa’s miners decry power crisis crippling business

January 15, 2020

Infrastructure

Dar Rapid Transit (DART)- Tanzania Investment- The Exchange

World Bank funds infrastructure in Eastern and Southern Africa

Africa’s railways infrastructure key to AfCFTA success

Largest infrastructure projects in East Africa

Connecting Africa through ambitious transport infrastructure projects

Oil & Gas

An oil cooling system. Oil producing countries in Sub Saharan Africa could see a historic turning point by putting diversification at the top of their economic policies priorities. www.theexchange.africa

African oil producers’ survival pegged on more intra-continent sales

Total buys out Tullow Oil for USD575 million

Coronavirus effect on crude oil: Prices at all time low

Africa Oil & Power conference 2020

January 21, 2020

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Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

Can East Africa leapfrog to a circular economy?

July 10, 2020

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

How Tanzania marked 5.7 per cent growth Q1 2020

July 9, 2020

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

Is there hope for infrastructure projects in Kenya in the wake of COVID-19?

July 9, 2020

Ethiopian Airlines- The Exchange (aviation)

How EAC partner states plan to ensure air safety after reopening

July 9, 2020

Report Insight: What’s next for Africa’s economy post virus grip

Report Insight: What’s next for Africa’s economy post virus grip

July 8, 2020

New trend in integrity among Kenya’s private sector

Kenya National Debt now over half of GDP

Kenya seeking ‘way out’ of China SGR debt

When bulls fight…Kenya – Tanzania border woes

Lake Victoria’s forgotten sea route revived

Largest infrastructure projects in East Africa

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