East Africa

  • May 18, 2015
  • 2 min read

Burundian leader's militant threat rhetoric will fail

The Burundian president seeks to use alleged external threats to shore up domestic and regional support for his rule

East Africa
  • May 13, 2015
  • 2 min read

East Africa refinery plans offset by cheap imports

Nascent oil producer Uganda is seeking to expand the region's inadequate crude oil refining capacity

East Africa
  • Apr 9, 2015
  • 6 min read

R&D scope and quality in Africa mars economic goals

Africa's R&D capacity is growing, but not enough to be relevant for industrial gains

Africa
  • Apr 7, 2015
  • 7 min read

Local buy-in divides East Africa anti-terror efforts

Several East African states have troops in Somalia, but not all face Kenya's acute vulnerability to al-Shabaab

East Africa
  • Mar 26, 2015
  • 2 min read

Chinese migration stirs tension in East Africa

Stories of business success fuel the migration of Chinese entrepreneurs to East Africa

China
  • Feb 25, 2015
  • 2 min read

East Africa will proceed cautiously on oil price gains

The benefits of low oil prices for East Africa's importers are moderated by other risks

East Africa
  • Feb 11, 2015
  • 2 min read

Price dip does not dampen East Africa resource hopes

Smaller extractive firms' troubles are unlikely to lower expectaions in East Africa's new resource states

East Africa
  • Jan 29, 2015
  • 7 min read

Ethiopia shows East Africa leadership transition risks

Post-liberation movement parties tend to be poorly equipped to refresh their leadership, raising transition risks

East Africa