Tanzania Bets on Russia for $2 Billion After a Western Rift
Tanzania Russia investment could top $2 billion in five years after President Samia Suluhu Hassan's St Petersburg visit and a...
June 23, 2026Eastern Africa – Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda – is the continent’s fastest-integrating bloc, a hub for tech, logistics, ports and a rising consumer class along the Indian Ocean trade routes. The Rio Times tracks the region’s growth, currencies, infrastructure megaprojects, and the contest among China, the Gulf and the West for influence. This hub gathers our daily Eastern Africa coverage through a business and investment lens.
Tanzania Russia investment could top $2 billion in five years after President Samia Suluhu Hassan's St Petersburg visit and a...
June 23, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Monday: from Absa pushing capital into Kenya and Ghana refusing US money to protect its citizens'...
June 22, 2026
Kenya's Gen Z returns to protest near the June 25 anniversary, angered by new levies on bread, mobile money, and...
June 22, 2026
Ethiopia's Ethiopian Securities Exchange will publish its first stock index by end of June, with 9 listings targeted by July...
June 22, 2026
South Africa's Absa is offering about $239 million to raise its Absa Bank Kenya stake to 85%, the latest South...
June 21, 2026
The World Bank's board votes on June 26 on a $750 million loan for Kenya, cheap budget money tied to...
June 21, 2026
The African Development Bank has approved €156 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport, a bet that better border links can...
June 21, 2026
Kenya is close to a critical minerals deal with the US requiring rare earths processed inside Kenya, not exported raw...
June 20, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: from Ghana and Ivory Coast aligning cocoa prices to fifteen nations uniting against illegal fishing...
June 19, 2026