11 articles tagged with “East Africa”
A new portable solar pump technology addresses both water access and equipment security challenges facing smallholder farmers across East Africa, marking a potential shift in agricultural innovation tailored to resource-constrained environments.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopian leadership held substantive discussions aimed at deepening bilateral relations, marking another milestone in Ankara's expanding engagement with the Horn of Africa.
East African nations are maintaining robust export growth amid escalating global trade uncertainties and US tariff measures, signaling the region's evolving capacity to navigate turbulent international commerce landscapes.
Kampala has overtaken Nairobi's traditional satellites in the regional venture capital race, drawing $30 million in funding during 2025 as investors recalibrate their East African strategies.
The holy month of Ramadan is reshaping coastal nightlife patterns across East Africa, while new entertainment releases signal evolving tastes in regional media consumption.
From mob justice killings to billion-shilling border walls that were never built, Kenya confronts a cascade of governance failures that expose deep fractures in accountability, security and public trust.
As Tanzanian authorities target social media comments amid rising public anger, the move reflects a continental struggle between governments seeking control and citizens demanding digital expression rights.
A perfect storm of rising tariffs, infrastructure decay, and forced cargo policies is crippling East African ports, threatening to choke regional commerce and drive up costs for millions of consumers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Kenya's National Assembly has introduced legislation to establish a dedicated infrastructure fund targeting Sh5 trillion in financing, marking a strategic shift away from public debt and taxation toward alternative funding mechanisms for long-term development projects.
From Ethiopia's fragile Tigray truce to M23's control of eastern DRC and South Sudan's collapsing peace deal, multiple conflicts across East and Central Africa are creating humanitarian crises and testing regional institutions.
Despite regional economic expansion, East African youth face mounting unemployment pressures, driving record numbers into the informal jua kali sector where wages remain low and job security minimal.