Kenya Livestock Project Gets US$55 Million More From IFAD
IFAD has approved an additional US$55 million, about Sh7.1 billion, to expand Kenya’s livestock commercialization project in the dryland counties.
September 16, 2026Topic
East Africa
Ethiopia Harvest May Fall 30% as Kiremt Rains Fail
FEWS NET says Ethiopia’s meher harvest could be up to 30% below average after the poorest kiremt rains on record,...
September 16, 2026
Kenya Digital Economy Project Has Spent 8% of Its Loan
Kenya and the World Bank reviewed the US$390 million digital economy project on 14 September. By February, 8.2% had been...
September 16, 2026
Uganda Digital Tax Stamps Now Cover 1,680 Firms
The Uganda Revenue Authority says more than 1,680 manufacturers and importers are registered on its digital tax stamps system.
September 16, 2026
Uganda Shilling Weakens 6% as Fuel Prices Climb
The Ugandan shilling fell to about Shs3,920 to the dollar by 15 September. Petrol is near US$1.76 a litre, almost...
September 16, 2026
Kenya Court Voids Safaricom Stake Sale to Vodacom
Three High Court judges ruled Kenya’s sale of 15% of Safaricom to Vodacom unconstitutional and ordered the shares restored to...
September 16, 2026
A Methamphetamine Case Built on a Boat With No Flag Reaches a Kenyan Courtroom
The vessel carried no flag, no registration and no transponder, 350 nautical miles off Mombasa. A magistrate has ruled there...
September 14, 2026
The Zanzibar Unity Government Reserves Seats for the Election Loser. They Have Sat Empty for Ten Months.
A referendum in 2010 made power-sharing compulsory after any close election. The opposition lost in 2025, rejected the result, and...
September 14, 2026
Tanzania Cotton Farmers Say One Buyer Turns Up. The Prime Minister Has Given the Ministry a Month.
Thirty years after the trade was opened to competition, growers in the northwest say they face one buyer. The government...
September 14, 2026