Uganda to take sukuk route for financing railway project
Export credit agencies are expected to provide 60% of the project financing, while development finance institutions would contribute the remaining 25%...
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Amid geopolitical uncertainty, Uganda to start gold buying programme
Uganda exported USD 5.8 billion worth of gold in 2025, a 76% increase from 2024...
Uganda internet shutdown disrupts Mombasa port cargo movement
In January 2026, the Uganda Communications Commission described reports of an internet blackout as rumours...
Eastern Congo’s stolen future
Rwanda holds disproportionate global market shares in key Congolese minerals...
Uganda returns to banks for loans as credit options thin out
According to Uganda's September 2024 debt sustainability analysis report, commercial banks own 12% of the nation's external debt...
Saudi airline Flynas expands African reach with Uganda & Djibouti routes
With plans to buy 160 more Airbus aircraft, including 30 wide-body A330neos and 130 A320s, Flynas signed an agreement to double its fleet during the UK's Farnborough International Airshow in July 2024...
Tide changes as businesses in region make a beeline for Kenyan market
Regional companies are becoming more interested in the Kenyan market...
Infrastructure expenses spike super gasoline costs in Uganda
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni in 2023 attributed Kenya's government-backed gasoline importation agreement's 'middlemen' to the high fuel cost in Kampala...
Start-up of the Week: Chipper Cash continues to dominate Africa’s fintech landscape
Having a free Chipper account will help its African customers to unlock international transfers, payment cards and investing...
Kenya to invest more in oil facilities?
Currently, Kenya does not produce any hydrocarbons, although the country most likely has the potential to become an oil producer after 2030...