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• Two-day Stanbic East Africa Business Summit will explore how deeper regional integration, infrastructure development, financial innovation, and cross-border collaboration can accelerate sustainable growth.
• During the summit delegates will exchange ideas, forge partnerships, and shape a shared vision for an integrated, resilient, and prosperous East Africa.
• Agenda also features panel discussions and keynotes on cross-border trade, infrastructure, climate resilience, private capital flows, and unlocking East Africa’s demographic dividend.

Over 400 business leaders, policymakers, investors, and regional integration experts are gathered in Kampala for the third edition of the Stanbic East Africa Business Summit, a premier platform focused on unlocking East Africa’s full economic potential through trade, investment, and collaboration.

Held under the theme “Connected & Resilient: Scaling East Africa’s Regional Advantage,” the two-day summit, hosted by Stanbic Bank Uganda and the Standard Bank Group, will explore how deeper regional integration, infrastructure development, financial innovation, and cross-border collaboration can accelerate sustainable …

• African Energy Week was born out of a need to bring the discussion about Africa’s energy future back to the continent.
• AEW was born out of a need to bring the discussion about Africa’s energy future back to the continent.
• For so long, we have seen major energy events discuss key topics about the continent in international locations. From Houston to Dubai to London.

Five years may seem a short time in the lifespan of an industry, but in the African energy space, it has been nothing short of a revolution. At the heart of that transformation stands NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, a figure who has become synonymous with unapologetic advocacy for African-led solutions, deal-making at scale, and an unrelenting drive to end energy poverty on the continent.

His voice carries weight not just in Africa but across global boardrooms, where he has positioned …

• Equity Bank trade mission has attracted a diverse group of entrepreneurs from Kenya, DRC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Poland, Germany, and the U.S.
• Delegates are seeking to establish business footholds in Katanga region, which is known for its significant copper and tin deposits.

A trade mission drawing potential investors from 16 countries is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) mining-rich Katanga area exploring investment opportunities in the country.

In an update on Monday, one of East Africa’s biggest lender Equity Group said the trade mission comprises of over 50 delegates will be on a week-long exercise to unlock business opportunities, foster economic collaboration, and connect investors with key partners in the mining-rich Katanga region, will also bring together 120 Congolese delegates.

For the first time, the mission will extend to Kolwezi, a key mining hub northwest of Lubumbashi, where most of the country’s mining operations are based. …

• The April 7th to 9th exhibition promises unparalleled platform for financing opportunities, expansion, and networking with leaders in several fields of investment.
• The show is also set to fostering job creation, and strengthen collaboration among participants.
• AIM Congress 2025 continues to serve as a premier platform for fostering global investment opportunities.

Leaders, captains of industry and exhibitors from over 170 countries have confirmed their participation in the AIM Congress 2025 International Exhibition. The showcase is set to take place as part of the congress’s fourteenth edition at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from April 7th to 9th.

Organized under the theme “Mapping the Future of Global Investment: The New Wave of a Globalized Investment Landscape – Towards a New Balanced World Structure”, AIM Congress 2025 seeks to help redefine investment trends and offer businesses a fresh drive to realize economic growth.

AIM Congress 2025 presents a unique opportunity …

• Middle East Energy has announced plans to host Africa Energy Expo in February 2024, with Rwanda chosen as the Inaugural host. 
• Scheduled for February 2024, the African Energy Expo is a first-of-its-kind trade show, and an extension of Middle East Energy’s 48-year legacy, aimed at promoting sustainable, innovative energy sources and driving the African energy transition.
• The event will be a unique platform for energy leaders to debate and shape the future of the African energy landscape.

Middle East Energy has announced plans to host Africa Energy Expo in February 2024, with Rwanda chosen as the Inaugural host.

The announcement was made at the 2023 Middle East Energy Exhibition and Conference in Dubai.

Scheduled for February 2024, the African Energy Expo is a first-of-its-kind trade show, and an extension of Middle East Energy’s 48-year legacy, aimed at promoting sustainable, innovative energy sources and driving the African energy transition.

The new …

Cashlet has been developed by Sycamore Capital Ltd, and it works in partnership with regulated fund managers in Kenya, to allow users to invest in unit trust products in simple, fully digital, and modern way.

The initial partner fund managers include ICEA Lion Asset Management, Old Mutual, and Genghis Capital.

The app seeks to pioneer saving and investing flexibility, life goals creation and tracking, market interest rates, financial visibility, and expert support.…

Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways has launched a centre which it says will be used to mentor the youth.

In a statement, the company says the centre, dubbed ‘Fahari Innovation Hub’, will act as a springboard for new ideas and data-driven innovations to accelerate impact-driven solutions that address some of the societal and business challenges.

Kenya Airways Chief Executive Officer, Allan Kilavuka said the Fahari Innovation Hub has already been operating virtually for about one year.

He added that with the setting of a physical workspace, the hub will provide a centre for strategic innovation management offering opportunities for co-creation, collaboration, networking, research, and learning.

“At the pace at which change accelerates, especially now in the middle of a global pandemic, we have become increasingly aware of the need to be innovative as we position the business as a resilient, forward-looking and sustainable company with a deliberate inclusive agenda of …

United States (US) investments in Egypt totals to $21.8 billion over the past 12 months according to

US investments in Egypt totalled $21.8 billion over the past 12 months according to Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Nevine Gamea.  The investments are in sectors such as tourism, agriculture, service, industrial, construction, telecommunications and information technology. 

The minister also added that the trade exchange between the US and Egypt reached $8.618 billion in 2019 compared to $7.53 billion in 2018. 

Gamea’s remarks came during a meeting with a delegation from the US Department of State headed by Keith Krach, Under-Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment who were in the country to discuss joint economic cooperation. 

She also noted that economic relations between the two countries are strategic, based on a long history of joint cooperation in various commercial, industrial and investment fields …