Kenya SIM Recycling Rules: Six-Month Wait Before Numbers Are Reassigned
Kenya's new SIM recycling rules require a six-month wait before inactive numbers are reassigned, ahead of a 19 September 2026...
September 11, 2026Topic
Eastern Africa
Zanzibar Has Turned a Doorway in Stone Town Into an Export Industry
The Zanzibar Freddie Mercury Museum in Stone Town has become a fixed stop on the island's cultural tourism circuit, in...
September 8, 2026
South Sudan Has Written a Budget That Rests Almost Entirely on Oil
The South Sudan budget for 2026-27 totals SSP 11.34trn, with oil supplying 79% of revenue and SSP 183bn set aside...
September 8, 2026
Gold Is Now About Half of What Uganda Sells Abroad, and Almost None of It Is Ugandan
Gold earned about 46% of Uganda's export income in the 12 months to November 2025, a record US$5.8bn. Most of...
September 8, 2026
Kenya’s Best-Known Investment Manager Just Moved to the Public Side
James Mworia Centum ties end after 18 years as he takes over Kenya's new National Infrastructure Fund, with an insider...
September 8, 2026
A Comorian Airline Says It Will Start Flying to Mayotte in December
Royal Air Mayotte flights will begin on 15 December 2026, the Comorian carrier says, adding the French department to a...
September 8, 2026
Kenya Ordered Foreign-Run Shops Shut, Then Offered an Amnesty
Kenya foreign traders faced a shutdown order this week, and the government then offered undocumented East Africans a registration amnesty.
September 8, 2026
Petrol in Antananarivo Passes 5,300 Ariary as the State Steps Back
Madagascar fuel prices rose on 5 September, with SP95 petrol moving from 5,100 to 5,300 ariary a litre as the...
September 7, 2026
The Comoros Switched On 20 MW of Solar, Paid For in Abu Dhabi
The Comoros solar plants inaugurated this week add about 20 MW across three islands, built with US$23 million from the...
September 7, 2026