United Capital: A Nigerian Bank Cracks Open Ethiopia’s Financial Frontier
United Capital, backed by Tony Elumelu, has won Ethiopia's first foreign investment-banking licence, a milestone as Addis Ababa opens its...
June 12, 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.
United Capital, backed by Tony Elumelu, has won Ethiopia's first foreign investment-banking licence, a milestone as Addis Ababa opens its...
June 12, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Friday: Ghana's Kasapreko pulled off a record-breaking IPO, Dangote's refinery hit full capacity ahead of a...
June 12, 2026
The EU concluded its first deep Africa trade deal with Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Comoros, covering services, investment and digital...
June 12, 2026
Conflict coltan from DR Congo's Rubaya mines is laundered through Rwanda into global tech supply chains, Global Witness finds. M23...
June 12, 2026
Zanzibar film festival 2026 runs June 24-28 in Stone Town with 65 films from 400+ submissions and the theme AI...
June 12, 2026
Zipline Africa expansion takes the Rwanda drone playbook continent-wide: 15 Nigerian hubs by 2028, two million deliveries, and livestock services...
June 12, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Thursday: the continent's stock markets are booming even as five of eight major economies fell into...
June 11, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Wednesday: African stock markets are delivering some of the world's best returns, Nigeria has overtaken Morocco...
June 10, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: South Africa's economy grew a sixth straight quarter and beat forecasts, Kenya's central bank weighs...
June 9, 2026