Benin and Rwanda Sign Cooperation Deals Though Their Trade Is Worth US$126,500 a Year
Benin and Rwanda signed cooperation agreements in Kigali on 16 September 2026 covering tax, air transport and defence. Two-way trade...
September 17, 2026Section
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Kenya’s Co-operative Bank Signs a US$100 Million Swap With Development Lender EBRD
Co-operative Bank of Kenya and the EBRD signed a US$100 million currency swap on 16 September 2026, the first deal...
September 17, 2026
Rwanda Says It Is Not Ready to Extradite Burundian Coup Suspects, Eleven Years On
Rwanda is not ready to extradite Burundians wanted over a failed 2015 coup attempt, foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on...
September 17, 2026
Blencowe Chief Executive Quits Over Share Dealing at Uganda’s First Graphite Mine
Blencowe Resources lost its chief executive over share-dealing disclosures while its Orom-Cross graphite mine in Uganda still needs US$170 million.
September 17, 2026
Mombasa Port Empty Container Backlog Deepens as Kenya Enters Peak Import Season
The Mombasa Port empty container backlog has reached about 167,000 boxes, with Kenyan hauliers putting detention losses at roughly US$16...
September 17, 2026
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, 2026
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
Kenya Sugar Protection Lapses and Nairobi Looks Again
Kenya’s COMESA sugar safeguard expired on 30 November 2025 after 24 years. The East African reports Nairobi is now exploring...
September 16, 2026