East Africa

Comoros yields to Covid-19

News Desk - May 2, 2020

( 2 minutes read) · President of Republic of Comoros Azali Assoumani announced its index case of the novel coronavirus on April 30,...

Kenya stares at three challenges back to back

News Desk - May 2, 2020

· Kenya is hit by three challenges back to back - Coronavirus, floods and food shortage due to locust invasion · The government has to reorganise budget...

Tullow Oil exit from East Africa to be completed soon

News Desk - April 27, 2020

Tullow Oil has signed a deal transferring its assets for Lake Albert Development project and the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline System...

Annual headline inflation in Tanzania declines: March inflation moves up

News Desk - April 25, 2020

( 3 minutes read) · The Annual Headline Inflation Rate of Tanzania for the month of March 2020 slowed down to 3.4% from...

Tanzania invites investment in horticultural sector

News Desk - April 25, 2020

(3 minutes read) · The Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) invited domestic and foreign investors to invest in developing sugarcane and sugar processing plantations. · ...

Comoros to get IMF bailout

News Desk - April 23, 2020

( 2 minutes read) · The Executive Board of the IMF approved a disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) equivalent to SDR2.97...

Kenya gears up to produce ventilators

News Desk - April 23, 2020

2 mts read This portable, robust, compact, economical and easy to use ventilator, PumuaIshi 2.0 is designed to be a complete intensive care unit...

South Sudan feeling the pinch of lockdown: urges early lifting

News Desk - April 22, 2020

( 3 minutes read) · Being the last country to report the case of Covid-19 in Sub-Saharan region, South Sudan has started experiencing...

FAO’s desert locust program in East Africa getting more support

News Desk - April 22, 2020

(3 minutes read) · Notwithstanding the travel restrictions arising out of Covid-19 , the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN is working...