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Start-up Amini working on its own AI infrastructure

After raising $4m in its first round of funding in 2023, the company launched by Kate Kallot is preparing to build a dedicated AI computing infrastructure in Kenya.

Subscribers only Business 14.04.2025

In response to regional crises, Ruto looks to expand his diplomatic corps

William Ruto (centre) at the 38th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, 16 February 2025. © Amanuel Sileshi/AFP

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 09.04.2025

Army chief torn between supporting his men and Ruto while remaining apolitical

William Ruto at a ceremony in memory of military officers killed in a helicopter crash in Nairobi, 20 April 2024. © Luis Tato/AFP

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 08.04.2025

Kenyan tea squeezes into Sudan despite import ban

The diplomatic wrangling between the two states rumbles on, after Sudan's embassy responded to remarks by William Ruto. The Kenyan president had insisted his country was still exporting tea to Sudan, despite a recently imposed embargo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 08.04.2025

Two new bids submitted for gold and titanium exploration

Kenyan Mines Minister Ali Hassan Joho has received two new bids for gold and titanium exploration permits in the counties of Kilifi and Turkana.

Subscribers only Mining 03.04.2025

Nigerian reinsurer Continental Re gears up for its return to the stock market

The reinsurance company, headed since 2021 by Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare, is seeking to raise new capital to strengthen its activities on the continent. Its ambitions extend beyond its home country, where it left the Nigerian Stock Exchange five years ago.

Subscribers only Finance 28.03.2025

Kenya Airways' financial difficulties hinder its privatisation

Kenya Airways is unable to pay its partners on time, prompting its guarantors to intervene. They are now turning to the Treasury, the airline's majority shareholder.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 25.03.2025

Kenya Airways' headquarters in Nairobi, 6 February 2024.

After Sudan, tea traders fear losing new market in Iran

Diplomatic tensions between Kenya and its partners are having a cascading effect on the tea industry. Tehran is impatient to see the Kenyan authorities take action against the local intermediaries of the Iranian company Debsh Tea, which is implicated in a corruption case.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 20.03.2025

Workers process purple tea leaves at a workshop in Muranga County, Kenya, on 7 May 2024.

Elections face postponement due to electoral commission delays

President William Ruto has finally approved the panel responsible for selecting the future commissioners for the 2027 elections. The opposition is keeping a close eye on the situation.

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2025

Kenya's avocado industry tees up new markets as Red Sea crisis squeezes exports to Europe

Kenyan avocado producers, hit by shipping delays and plummeting European demand, are scrambling to find new markets in Asia and beyond. As exports detour around the Cape of Good Hope, industry leaders - backed by President William Ruto's administration - seek trade deals to offset shortfalls.

Subscribers only Business 12.03.2025

An employee picks avocados at the Kakuzi plantation in Makuyu, May 2022.

Ruto's backtracking puts brakes on Rift Valley mega-projects

Infrastructure and mining projects in the president's stronghold remain moribund amid a fragile national economy. The presidential coalition's rapprochement with former opposition leader Raila Odinga is also prompting the government to reassess its priorities.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 11.03.2025

William Ruto (left) and Raila Odinga after they signed a political cooperation deal in Nairobi, 7 March 2025.

Kikuyu and Somali chiefs come together to reduce community tension

Leaders of the two Kenyan ethnic groups have drafted a roadmap to resolve conflicts undermining their relations, particularly on land issues. A joint committee has been formed and community-building events are planned in the Rift Valley.

Subscribers only Politics 07.03.2025

East Africa scrambles to obtain waivers after US aid pause

USAID's East African partners, from Ethiopia to Tanzania, have been trying to secure waivers following the US foreign assistance freeze. The abrupt cancellation of almost all contracts is only adding to the prevailing chaos.

Free access Diplomacy 06.03.2025

USAID-marked food aid sacks in Borena in Oromia, Ethiopia, in 2006.

Jiangxi Construction Engineering wins $46m contract for Isiolo-Mandera corridor

The Chinese company has been awarded a $46m contract by the Kenya National Highways Authority to upgrade a 38km stretch of road in the northeast of the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.03.2025

Ruto and his allies discuss Odinga's future role

Despite Raila Odinga's failed attempt to secure the position of AU Commission Chair, the former opposition leader is still seen as a key player on the Kenyan political scene. The presidential camp and the opposition are manoeuvring to attract him to their side.

Subscribers only Politics 04.03.2025

William Ruto (left) and Raila Odinga during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 15 February 2025.

Brussels and Nairobi fine tune their trade partnership

The EU and the Kenyan administration have identified the barriers hampering trade between them. They intend to step up their cooperation in the digital field to remedy the situation.

Subscribers only Business 03.03.2025

Mid-term blues prompt Ruto's party to revise strategy ahead of 2027

With the president's popularity ratings in the doldrums, the United Democratic Alliance is intending to launch a new PR campaign in parts of the country where the former opposition politician Raila Odinga is popular.

Subscribers only Business 28.02.2025

Tea company caught up in Ruto-Gachagua power struggle

With two years to go before the general elections, President William Ruto continues to dismantle his former deputy's powerful networks. However, Rigathi Gachagua remains popular in the centre of the country and has also forged alliances in the tea and coffee sectors.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 27.02.2025

Former Supreme Court president David Maraga sets sights on 2027 election

The magistrate is gathering his network of political, religious and economic supporters with an eye on the next presidential election. Yet he's working with limited resources and has to counter the ambitions of former interior minister Fred Matiang'i, a heavyweight from his own native region.

Subscribers only Politics 25.02.2025

Kenya's then-Supreme Court president David Maraga at the Independence Day ceremony in Nairobi, 12 December 2017.

Besigye affair puts Odinga in diplomatic quandary

The Kenyan political heavyweight is being urged to call for the release of the Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, who has been behind bars for three months. But Raila Odinga is wary of jeopardising his good relations with Presidents William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 21.02.2025

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 February 2025.

Kenyatta's awkward absence from African Union meeting on DRC

The former Kenyan president, a mediator for the conflict in DR Congo, was removed at the last moment from the list of participants at an AU Peace and Security Council meeting. Tensions with his successor, William Ruto, are complicating a sluggish DR Congo mediation process.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.02.2025

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta in Berlin on 18 February 2025.

The New Guard
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Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

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Free access Commodity traders, Business 19.02.2025

Ruto's relaxing of rules for Somali border residents irks securocrats

The Kenyan president has lifted the requirement for people living in regions bordering Somalia to obtain identity papers. His security chiefs, who are concerned about the risk of terrorism, see this as a political gesture made as Ruto prepares for 2027 elections.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto in Dar es-Salam, 8 February 2025.

Ruto set to visit Rabat after Ramadan

The meeting between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Kenyan counterpart Musalia Mudavadi on the fringes of the annual AU gathering has put a bilateral visit back on the agenda.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2025

Ruto's government prepares public for next budget

With three months to go before the unveiling of the next finance bill, the administration is proceeding cautiously and expanding its publicity campaigns about tax, mindful that the previous budget sparked demonstrations.

Free access Business 13.02.2025

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In response to regional crises, Ruto looks to expand his diplomatic corps

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Nigerian reinsurer Continental Re gears up for its return to the stock market

Kenya Airways' financial difficulties hinder its privatisation

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Kenya's avocado industry tees up new markets as Red Sea crisis squeezes exports to Europe

Ruto's backtracking puts brakes on Rift Valley mega-projects

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