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
  • Nov 28, 2014
  • 2 min read

East Africa's port and trade politics will heat up

Port capacity and trade security will grow in significance for regional politics, particularly among landlocked states

East Africa
  • Nov 20, 2014
  • 7 min read

Prospects for global coal and gas markets in 2015

Coal and gas have seen sharp price drops, and face lower demand and production rationalisation

International
  • Nov 19, 2014
  • 7 min read

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2015

Tensions over the region's electoral cycle will shape the political climate, but not necessarily dent investment plans

East Africa
  • Oct 27, 2014
  • 7 min read

Trade rivalry shapes East Africa's port ambitions

Regional trade rivalry drives East Africa's port upgrades, but financing challenges loom

East Africa
  • Aug 22, 2014
  • 2 min read

East Africa push to capture regional trade heats up

A new survey launched yesterday in Nairobi highlighted that traders from Rwanda, Burundi and the...

East Africa
  • Jul 10, 2014
  • 2 min read

East Africa mixes counter-terror with subduing dissent

Ethiopian state media on July 8 confirmed the detention of Andargachew Tsige, leader of an...

East Africa
  • Jun 16, 2014
  • 11 min read

East Africa budgets eye infrastructure expansion

The World Bank last week listed Kenya among a group of countries whose fiscal stance had...

East Africa