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The narrative of Kenya’s mining sector is undergoing a fundamental transformation as the government shifts its strategic focus from the mere extraction of raw materials to a robust model of local value addition. Opening the 2026 Mining Investment Conference in Nairobi, President William Ruto articulated a vision for integrated industrial …

In a landmark development for the East African mining sector, LSE-listed Blencowe Resources has announced that graphite concentrate from its Orom-Cross project in Uganda has been successfully integrated into a high-stakes rocket component testing programme in the United States. The initial test firing, conducted on a hypersonic suborbital rocket platform, …

The Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony, has returned to Juba following a working visit to Addis Ababa aimed at attracting foreign investment to South Sudan’s most populous state and drawing lessons from Ethiopia’s development model. Anthony and his delegation travelled to the Ethiopian capital to promote the …

The relationship between Kenya and Tanzania has always been too important to fail and too complicated to fix easily. President William Ruto’s historic address to Tanzania’s parliament on 5 May, the first by a Kenyan head of state is the most significant diplomatic gesture either country has made in years …

The historic Cholmondeley Room at the UK House of Lords served as the backdrop for a high-level diplomatic and economic assembly last Tuesday, as Uganda sought to solidify its status as a premier investment destination for British capital. Hosted by Uganda’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Nimisha Madhvani, the …

When Kenyan President William Ruto addressed Tanzania’s parliament on 5 May 2026, he made history as the first Kenyan head of state to do so. But the significance of the moment extends well beyond the symbolism. It represents a deliberate attempt to reset one of East Africa’s most economically consequential …

The 5th India–Tanzania Joint Trade Committee (JTC) session concluded this week, co-chaired by Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal and Samwel William Shelukindo, Permanent Secretary in Tanzania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. Focus Areas of Cooperation The focus areas of cooperation included expanding collaboration in education and skills, with …

In a historic moment for African-led peace and dispute resolution, four former Heads of State, HE Joaquim Alberto Chissano (Mozambique), HE Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), HE Goodluck Jonathan (Nigeria), and HE Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), on behalf of the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government (Africa Forum), have …

Condra, which will on June 24 celebrate its diamond jubilee, owes its origin to Sepp Kleiner, who in 1959 strapped a tent and two changes of clothing onto a bicycle, and set off on a two-wheeled journey to Cape Town, travelling from Reischach, Germany, across France and Spain to North …

The Tanzanian government has fundamentally recalibrated its relationship with global extractives by mandating that high-value service sectors within the mining industry be reserved exclusively for 100% indigenous-owned firms. This bold legislative change, building on the 2018 Local Content Regulations, shifts the focus from passive revenue collection to active economic participation. …