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Kenya & Tanzania’s Rail Race Targets Africa’s Trade through Uganda, Rwanda, DRC

Kenya and Tanzania are racing to build rival rail corridors connecting East Africa's landlocked economies to the Indian Ocean. Kenya…

6 days ago

GITEX Nigeria: FG targets $1trn digital economy boost as tech giants converge in Abuja, Lagos

The Federal Government is stepping up efforts to position Nigeria as a leading hub for artificial intelligence and digital innovation…

1 week ago

Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has spent about $300 million buying bank shares this year raising his First HoldCo stake to 26% as he targets a 51% majority takeover

The buying spree is increasingly looking like more than a portfolio investment. Otedola, whose business interests have ranged from…

2 weeks ago

Kenya targets frontier tech firms in direct partnerships for national AI strategy

Kenya is positioning itself at the center of a new kind of partnership between governments and frontier artificial intelligence companies,…

4 weeks ago

Jubilee Health targets uninsured communities with pay-in-instalments health insurance model

Jubilee Health Insurance is expanding an instalment-based premium payment model in Nairobi as part of a broader effort to make health…

2 months ago

World Bank’s $642 Million Skills Push Targets Africa’s Youth Employment Gap

The World Bank Group has approved a major regional skills and employment programme for Western and Central Africa, setting up…

2 months ago

Kenya targets digital economy growth by 2035

ICT PS John Tanui speaking during a Digital Economy consultative meeting on regulatory frameworks and policies at the Kenya School…

3 months ago

South Africa targets January 2027 for revised AI policy after earlier withdrawal

JOHANNESBURG, May 26 : South Africa's communications minister established an independent panel of experts to review a draft national policy…

3 months ago

World Bank targets $23bn private capital push as Africa races to create jobs for booming youth population

The multibillion-dollar initiative, announced on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, will be driven through the bank’s newly consolidated Guarantee Platform,…

3 months ago