East Africa

While Elon Musk unveils a new Tesla-xAI collaboration aimed at replicating software company functions, African courts and schools grapple with AI's limitations in legal proceedings and creative education.

China continues to dominate Africa's trade and infrastructure landscape while regional investment patterns shift, with AKFED divesting its stake in Nation Media Group pending four-country regulatory approval.

The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development has sold its controlling stake in East Africa's largest media house to Taarifa Ltd, ending nearly seven decades of ownership and signalling a new era of regional media consolidation.

The M23 rebel group's territorial gains in eastern DRC expose gaps in regional peace mechanisms, while the Ethiopia-Somaliland maritime deal continues to strain Horn of Africa relations.

Rwanda leads East African nations in visa accessibility while the region grapples with human trafficking concerns in Kenya, labor disputes in Zimbabwe, and political tensions in Uganda.

Ethiopia pushes forward with new airport construction and road development under economic reforms, while Rwanda leverages sports and tourism investments to boost its international profile.

NCBA Group partners with Nedbank to expand wealth management services for high-net-worth East Africans, as financial advisors emphasize structured planning for family offices and retirement.

From children with disabilities forced to beg on city streets to young professionals lured into Asian cyber scam compounds, trafficking networks are exploiting new vulnerabilities across the region.

Kenyan men devote significantly less time to unpaid caregiving than counterparts in Uganda and South Africa, with new data revealing stark disparities in domestic labor distribution across East Africa.

A new portable solar pump technology addresses both water access and equipment security challenges facing smallholder farmers across East Africa, marking a potential shift in agricultural innovation tailored to resource-constrained environments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopian leadership held substantive discussions aimed at deepening bilateral relations, marking another milestone in Ankara's expanding engagement with the Horn of Africa.

East African nations are maintaining robust export growth amid escalating global trade uncertainties and US tariff measures, signaling the region's evolving capacity to navigate turbulent international commerce landscapes.

Kampala has overtaken Nairobi's traditional satellites in the regional venture capital race, drawing $30 million in funding during 2025 as investors recalibrate their East African strategies.

The holy month of Ramadan is reshaping coastal nightlife patterns across East Africa, while new entertainment releases signal evolving tastes in regional media consumption.

From mob justice killings to billion-shilling border walls that were never built, Kenya confronts a cascade of governance failures that expose deep fractures in accountability, security and public trust.