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- [How Stanbic Bank and ICBC are attracting Chinese tourists to Tanzania](https://theexchange.africa/how-stanbic-bank-tanzania-and-icbc-are-attracting-chinese-tourist-to-tanzania/): To cement trade ties, boost investment flows and encourage tourism between Tanzania and China, Standard Bank and the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have launched the I Go Tanzania loyalty program in partnership with Tanzania Tourism Board.
- [Space data and technology can help Africa tackle food security, climate risks and drive economic growth](https://theexchange.africa/space-data-space-technology/): "The challenge for Africa is less about access to space technology than about building the capacity to turn space data into decisions on the ground," he said.
- [S&P Global secures majority stake in Nigerian rating agency Agusto & Co., expanding presence in Africa](https://theexchange.africa/sp-global-agusto-co/): S&P Global has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Agusto & Company Limited, a Pan-African credit rating agency with operations across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Rwanda, in a move that significantly expands the global ratings giant's presence in Africa's rapidly growing domestic debt markets.
- [Standard Bank hits $1.2 billion in Yuan payments as China-Africa trade surges](https://theexchange.africa/standard-bank-china-africa-trade/): Standard Bank’s CIPS performance reflects shifting business preferences. The bank’s Africa Trade Barometer (Issue 5) shows Asian countries are now preferred trading partners for an average of 35 per cent of surveyed businesses across 10 African markets, up from 24 per cent in 2024. China dominates as the leading source of inputs, cited by 67 per cent of firms, driven by competitive pricing, product variety and supply-chain reliability.
- [In Kenya’s Mrima Hill, a test case for Trump’s Africa critical minerals strategy unfolds](https://theexchange.africa/critical-minerals-kenya-mrima-hill/): Mrima Hill is now evolving into a proving ground for the Biden administration’s (and now Donald Trump administration’s) push to break China’s international stranglehold on the critical minerals supply chain.
- [Africa’s tourism boom may begin in churches, not in the vast game reserves](https://theexchange.africa/africas-tourism-boom-churches/): For decades Africa's tourism has been sold to the world through the continent's wildlife, beaches and spectacular landscapes. Yet one of the continent's largest untapped tourism assets attracts millions of people every year without featuring prominently in many national tourism strategies. It is not wildlife or wine. It is faith.
- [De Beers’ shutdown triggers ripples across South Africa’s diamond mining belt](https://theexchange.africa/de-beers-mining-south-africa/): De Beers Group’s proposed two-year production pause at Venetia poses a much greater risk to South Africa than to the company’s wider global operations. Over 1,200 employees are included in a formal consultation over possible job cuts, according to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), including 1,134 workers at Venetia and another 80 at De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa (DBSSSA).
- [Nigeria’s oil output soars to heights not seen since 2020. Here’s what’s changing behind the numbers](https://theexchange.africa/nigerias-oil-output-soars-to-heights-not-seen-since-2020-heres-whats-changing-behind-the-numbers/): Nigeria’s crude oil output has exceeded its OPEC quota climbing to its highest level in more than six years. According to authorities, the country higher oil production is attributable to improved pipeline reliability and efficient operations.
- [Kenya’s construction costs surge at fastest pace in four years as fuel price shock hits](https://theexchange.africa/construction-costs-kenya/): Kenya’s construction sector is grappling with a severe cost shock, with official data showing input prices rising at their fastest quarterly rate since late 2022.
- [African trade is growing despite the obstacles](https://theexchange.africa/african-trade-obstacles/): Six months into 2026, African trade appears to be telling two stories at once. The first is one of momentum. Businesses are expanding beyond domestic markets, regional trade corridors continue to develop, and the ambition behind initiatives such as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) remains firmly intact.
- [Why global capital is betting big on Africa’s digital promise](https://theexchange.africa/global-capital-africas-digital-promise/): Africa’s digital frontier is attracting new foreign investment even though overall Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has taken a dip. Digital start ups, especially mobile money ventures are the leading private sector investment while governments shoulder larger ventures like deployment of space technologies.
- [Kenya posts stronger-than-expected Q1 growth at 5.3% on manufacturing rebound, tourism boom](https://theexchange.africa/kenyas-economy-tourism/): Kenya's economy expanded by 5.3 per cent in the three months to March 30th 2026, accelerating from 4.9 per cent a year earlier and marking the country's fastest first-quarter performance in three years, official data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows.
- [China’s new investment rules are about guardrails, not closed doors](https://theexchange.africa/chinas-new-investment-rules/): Some international reports, including one by Bloomberg, have framed the regulation as a “tightening” of outbound investment rules amid China-US tech rivalry. Yet framing the policy as a simple open-or-closed question misses the larger change now taking place in global investment.
- [Zanzibar optimistic economic growth will hit 7.5% on tourism boom](https://theexchange.africa/economic-growth-zanzibar/): Zanzibar has set it's economic growth target for the financial year 2026/27 on tourism expansion, Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Juma Malik Akili has said. The island projects new arrivals to increase by 9.3 percent and to surpassing one million visitors. According to the minister, the spice islands expect overall stronger economic growth in 2026 based on the positive performance reported in the just ended financial year 2025/26.
- [Kenya defies economic shocks to post record $22 billion in tax collections](https://theexchange.africa/tax-collections-kenya-kra/): While the surge in tax collections, fueled by gains in manufacturing, energy and a booming betting industry, points to pockets of economic strength, a closer look reveals a more complex picture of elevated debt, a squeezed formal workforce, and mounting external pressures.
- [Forget South Africa: East Africa now rules in banking industry returns](https://theexchange.africa/east-africa-banking-industry-returns/): “Tanzania and Kenya's strong performance over this three-year period reflects more than cyclical tailwinds. Tanzania delivered the strongest returns of any market in Africa. Kenya - the country that took financial exclusion from 50 per cent to 10 per cent in two decades - is showing what a maturing financial system can deliver. East African institutions have earned the right to be bolder on growth and innovation,” said Henok Eyob, Managing Director and Partner BCG Kenya.
- [Lamu over Tanga: The commercial calculus that cost Tanzania $20bn refinery](https://theexchange.africa/dangote-groups-major-refinery-in-east-africa/): Africa's richest man and industrialist Aliko Dangote has finally settled on a port on Kenya’s historic Lamu Island over Tanzania’s Tanga area as the site for his planned 700,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery, an investment estimated at up to $20 billion.
- [Kenya’s markets regulator opens the door, but can the investors walk through?](https://theexchange.africa/kenyas-markets-regulator/): Kenya's markets regulator latest licensing round, announced on 6th July represents a calculated push to address a long-standing vulnerability: Nairobi’s over-reliance on sovereign debt and traditional bank lending, a fiscal diet that has left the economy exposed to the whims of global interest rates and bilateral financing.
- [Tourism Infrastructure as Economic Catalyst: Lessons from East Africa’s Hotel Development Boom](https://theexchange.africa/hotel-development-east-africa/): East Africa's hotel development pipeline is concentrated in capital cities and established tourist circuits. Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, and Kigali continue to attract international brands. But the economic multiplier effect of tourism is greatest in secondary and tertiary destinations — the places where a new hotel does not just accommodate existing demand but creates new economic activity.
- [Is Dubai cleaning dirty gold and blood diamonds from DRC?](https://theexchange.africa/dubai-dirty-gold-blood-diamonds/): The freewheeling city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is allegedly the main trade terminal for 'dirty gold and blood diamonds' extracted from the jungles of the mineral rich Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
- [Tanzania: Will mining tax exemption benefit nation or a handful of leaders?](https://theexchange.africa/tanzania-mining-tax-exemption/): Tanzania has passed mining Tax Exemption laws effectively mandating authorities in the East African country to allocate 10% of all mining revenue for new exploration through the Mineral Research Fund. This legislation is however giving rise to question whether the move will develop the sector or it only serves to give international companies leeway into the country’s mining sector and enrich a few government leaders.
- [Vivo Energy unveils strategic expansion into the Middle East with Jordan acquisition](https://theexchange.africa/vivo-energy-middle-east-jordan/): Vivo Energy has announced the completion of the transaction to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in TotalEnergies Marketing Jordan.
- [Will China’s Renminbi Clearing Bank of Africa push out the dollar?](https://theexchange.africa/renminbi-clearing-bank-africa/): The People's Bank of China has authorised Standard Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to operate jointly as the "Renminbi Clearing Bank of Africa." For now, the authorization covers 19 countries and it is the very first time that African businesses and financial institutions get direct access to China's capital markets without requiring the dollar as an intermediary.
- [How egg prices could shape Kenya’s Central Bank key loan rate decision](https://theexchange.africa/egg-prices-kenya-central-bank-key-loan-rate/): Kenya's June inflation figures, due from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on 30 June, may indicate whether the recent rise in food and fuel prices is easing or settling in for longer. Kenya produces about four billion eggs a year but needs around nine billion, a shortfall of roughly five billion eggs filled mainly by imports, with similar yearly gaps in milk, fish and honey.
- [Standard Bank’s renminbi clearing status places lender at the centre of a $300bn Africa-China trade corridor](https://theexchange.africa/standard-bank-renminbi-clearing-africa/): In huge shift in the growing need for efficient Africa-China trade finance system, Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have been jointly authorised by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) to clear renminbi transactions across the continent.
- [Grey stirs Ethiopia’s digital frontier as remittance bottlenecks choke Africa’s next giant](https://theexchange.africa/ethiopian-birr-ethiopia/): This is the gap that Y Combinator-backed cross-border payments platform, Grey, is seeking to bridge. The company has now added the Ethiopian Birr, alongside the Argentine Peso, Chilean Peso, and Thai Baht, to its payout network, expanding local currency access for users in all four markets.
- [Uganda’s quiet bid to challenge Kenya in horticulture exports](https://theexchange.africa/horticulture-exports-uganda-kenya/): The scale gap is real. Kenya earned about $1.06 billion from horticulture exports in 2024, down from $1.21 billion the year before, a softer year blamed on a stronger shilling and Red Sea shipping disruption. Even after that dip, the sector dwarfs Uganda's. Much of Kenya's advantage sits at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), the established East African air-cargo hub, where exporters draw on extensive pack-house and cold-room capacity built specifically for perishables. Decades of freighter frequency, buyer relationships and certified supply have compounded into a lead that will not close quickly.
- [Kenya signs $1.2bn JKIA upgrade deal with China’s CRBC but legal cloud looms over tender](https://theexchange.africa/jkia-upgrade-crbc-tender-questions/): Kenya has formally awarded the KSh154.2 billion ($1.2 billion) contract to modernise the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), in a landmark infrastructure deal that aims to nearly triple the airport's passenger capacity and secure Nairobi’s status as East Africa’s premier aviation hub.
- [Legal chaos in Kenya threatens to derail $2.3 billion Asahi-EABL landmark deal](https://theexchange.africa/eabl-asahi-transaction/): A high-stakes legal battle is brewing in Kenya and now threatens to scupper one of East Africa’s largest-ever foreign direct investments, as Japanese beverage giant Asahi Group Holdings faces a coordinated campaign of litigation aimed at blocking its $2.3 billion acquisition of Diageo’s controlling stake in East African Breweries PLC (EABL).
- [Kenya’s Family Bank goes public, marking the Nairobi bourse’s biggest private-sector listing since 2009](https://theexchange.africa/family-bank-nse-listing-2/): Family Bank on Tuesday became the largest private-sector company to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in more than 17 years, in a landmark transaction that market participants hope will reignite corporate listings and deepen Kenya's capital markets.
- [We Cannot Build Unity on Silence: An Interview with Amb. Fred Ngoga on Justice and Burundi’s Future](https://theexchange.africa/burundi-tutsi-discrimination/): In a wide ranging interview, Ambassador Fred Ngoga Gateretse, who is the Head of the conflict prevention and early warning division at the African Union Commission (AU), confronts one of the most volatile and sensitive issue in the Great Lakes region: The persistent allegations of systemic discrimination against the Tutsi community in Burundi.
- [Kate Walsh calls for global action to protect the oceans as Kenya hosts historic Our Ocean Conference](https://theexchange.africa/kate-walsh-protect-oceans/): At a defining moment for the future of the world's oceans, actress, advocate, and Oceana ambassador Kate Walsh joined global leaders, policymakers, scientists, conservationists, and coastal communities at the 11th Our Ocean Conference (OOC11) in Mombasa, Kenya.
- [Women’s entrepreneurship and economic empowerment within fisheries value chains ](https://theexchange.africa/womens-entrepreneurship-fishing/): As we explore women's entrepreneurship and economic empowerment in the Q&A that follows, Dr. Hicks offers a vision that is at once practical and transformative: one where financial inclusion, climate adaptation, and sustainability are woven together through the radical act of listening to—and investing in—the women who feed Africa's coastal communities.
- [What healthy, just and resilient food systems should look like in Africa ](https://theexchange.africa/resilient-food-system-africa/): As the 11th Our Ocean Conference convenes in Mombasa, the first time this global gathering has been held on African soil, the focus shifts to a continent blessed with both immense marine wealth and profound food system challenges.
- [Beyond extraction: Singapore offers tech partnership as Tanzania opens door to EAC free trade talks](https://theexchange.africa/shanmugaratnam-singapore-tanzania/): At his landmark public address delivered at the University of Dar es Salaam on Tuesday,  President Shanmugaratnam said his visit effectively  reframes the strategic partnership between the entire Southeast Asia and East Africa.
- [Cutting the cost of Africa’s energy transition with the right flexibility mix](https://theexchange.africa/energy-transition-africa-4/): Africa’s energy transition is entering a decisive phase. With some of the world’s best solar and wind resources, the continent is uniquely positioned to leapfrog into a low-cost, renewable-powered future.
- [Why fish and fisheries may be Africa’s most overlooked food security solution](https://theexchange.africa/food-security-africa-fish/): As global food security systems reel from supply chain shocks, climate volatility, and geopolitical conflict, a quiet consensus is emerging among marine scientists and nutrition economists: Africa’s most resilient, nutrient-dense, and locally embedded food source is not a grain or tubers, it is fish.
- [BAT Kenya posts record dividend as illicit trade eats nearly half of cigarette market](https://theexchange.africa/bat-kenya-illicit-trade/): BAT Kenya shareholders have approved a final dividend of $0.46 (KSh60) per share at the company’s 74th Annual General Meeting on Monday, bringing the total payout for the year ended 31 December 2025 to a record $0.54 (KSh 70) per share, the highest in the cigarette maker’s history.
- [Shipping costs to Mombasa and Dar es Salaam surge as Maersk raises peak season surcharge](https://theexchange.africa/shipping-costs-mombasa-dar-es-salaam/): As pointed out, China supplies the largest amount of consumer merchandise, household items, electronics, and clothing entering the EAC regional markets it follows that the spike in shipping costs will be forwarded to end user prices, triggering inflation across the region.
- [How to assess legitimate trading platforms in Kenya using trust, transparency and risk controls](https://theexchange.africa/legitimate-trading-platforms-in-kenya/): As more people compare legit trading platforms in kenya, the discussion has become less about access and more about verification. Finding a platform is relatively easy. Confirming who sits behind it is a different task.
- [Kenya secures landmark EU data adequacy pact in first for Africa](https://theexchange.africa/eu-data-adequacy-pact-kenya/): Kenya and Belgium have agreed on a host of major economic bilateral pacts including a Data Adequacy pact, making Kenya the first African country to obtain an EU data adequacy pact. Kenya's President William Ruto secured the deals earlier this week during his State visit to Brussels, Belgium.
- [Kenya’s $37.3 billion budget that promises everything except development](https://theexchange.africa/kenya-fy2026-27-budget-development/): Kenya’s Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi presented a Sh4.82 trillion ($37.3 billion) budget to Parliament on Thursday that explicitly rules out new taxes on ordinary citizens, but leaves the East African economy walking a narrow fiscal tightrope between mounting debt service, a widening deficit and the urgent need to rev up growth amid global turmoil.
- [UNEP lauds Ghana tree planting push, terms it continental blueprint](https://theexchange.africa/tree-planting-ghana-continental-blueprint/): Ghana's national tree planting initiative follows a similar drive adopted halfway across the planet in Azerbaijan. Notably, the World Environment Day celebrations were globally commemorated on 5 June 2026, in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- [Blue-Raman: What EU funded new internet cable means for EAC](https://theexchange.africa/blue-raman-internet-cable/): The European Union has committed $42.8 million to extend Google’s Blue-Raman undersea cable into East Africa, Kenya's President William Ruto has announced.
- [Kenya’s huge food deficit mask a deeper failure of finance, FSD Kenya reveals](https://theexchange.africa/agricultural-finance-kenya/): Every year, Kenya faces a food supply gap of roughly five billion eggs, up to 7.5 billion litres of milk, 340,000 metric tonnes of fish and 5,500 metric tonnes of honey, new data released in a government-backed survey shows.
- [Tanzania eyes Belarusian tractor model and motor pools to unlock untapped farmland](https://theexchange.africa/tanzania-and-belarus-trade-agriculture/): Tanzania and Belarus have entered a second round of diplomatic talks for agriculture mechanisation and to expand its cash crop market particularly export of coffee, tea, cashew nuts and horticultural products. The development comes following this week's state visit to Tanzania by the Belarus Speaker of the House of Representatives, Natalya Kochanova.
- [AI-first telcos will lead the race in Africa](https://theexchange.africa/ai-first-telcos-will-lead-the-race-in-africa/): Read also: AI Everything Kenya x Gitex Kenya stirs Nairobi as East Africa embraces new AI blueprint
- [Tanzania and Russia agree on $2 billion worth of investments at SPIEF](https://theexchange.africa/tanzania-russia-partnership/): Tanzania and Russia have entered several investment agreements at the just ended St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). The high-level forum attracted more than 24,000 participants from over 140 countries, including heads of state, investors and executives from world leading companies representing various economic sectors.
- [Kenya doubles down on last-mile connections and mini-grids to achieve universal electricity by 2030](https://theexchange.africa/universal-electricity-kenya/): Kenya set out to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, with only four years remaining, stakeholders question whether the goal is achievable.
- [How DRC managed eurobond over-subscription despite conflict, ebola](https://theexchange.africa/drc-eurobond-over-subscription/): DRC eurobond has beat critics doubt upon first issuance. Against all odds, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has managed to hold and grow investor confidence evident in the over-subscription of its debut eurobond issue that is to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.
- [Renewable energy opens door to mass desalination in water-stressed Africa](https://theexchange.africa/renewable-energy-water-desalination/): Where a plant might have relied on dedicated fossil-fuel generation, hybrid renewable energy systems now produce water at tariffs increasingly competitive with overexploited groundwater or distant surface supplies.

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