Browsing: East Africa economy
NAIROBI, Kenya — Detectives have arrested a 32-year-old man over remarks the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) alleges were intended to incite ethnic hatred, hostility…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has opened talks with Kenya over the plight of Ugandan traders affected by President William Ruto’s directive targeting foreigners operating small-scale…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The government has given foreign nationals conducting businesses in Kenya 90 days to regularise their immigration, work permit, business registration and licensing…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenyan government has assured its citizens living in Burundi that they remain safe and that relations between the two countries remain…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Government spokesperson Charles Owino on Tuesday 8, September 2026 declined to directly reconcile President William Ruto’s directive on foreign-run small businesses with…
NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto’s vision of a more integrated and economically connected Africa is facing an uncomfortable test as hundreds of Burundians seek…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya will provide temporary legal protection to undocumented Burundian nationals as the government moves to regularise the status of East African Community…
NAIROBI, Kenya — East Africa’s three largest economies are increasingly turning inward to finance development as Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania unveil ambitious spending plans aimed…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s economy continues to show “remarkable resilience and dynamism” and is set for a major growth acceleration as the country prepares to begin…