Eastern African Standby Force gets UK, Denmark boost
United Kingdom and Denmark on Monday unveiled plans to boost the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF). EASF – one of the five regional forces for […]
Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Germany donates one million euro to help refugees
One month after the Ethiopian government announced that the number of people in need of relief assistance had increased to 8.2 million, Germany committed €1 […]
Somalia: Car bomb attack near presidential palace kills 5
Five people have been killed after a car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said. The blast […]
Ethiopia inaugurates first modern light rail line in sub-Saharan Africa
The first modern light rail line in Sub-Saharan Africa constructed by the China Railway Group (CREC) was inaugurated on September 20 in Ethiopia, when passenger […]
Zambia: Dangote Cement plans $900 Mln investment
Dangote Cement plans to double investment in Zambia to around $900 million by building a second cement plant, the company’s vice-president said on Tuesday. Dangote […]
Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Ethiopia to double its sugar plants by November 2015
Addis Ababa aims to become Africa’s biggest sugar producer and exporter with plans to double the number of its sugar estates to six by November […]
Equity Bank to open office in DR Congo
Leading kenyan commercial bank, Equity Bank plans to expand to Congo. The Bank’s banking group has announced that it would soon open office in DR […]
China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million
The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]
Ethiopia: $ 10Bln to lead a revolution in manufacturing
The Ethiopians officials have announced an annual investment of one billion dollars over the next decade in the development of specialized industrial parks. These areas, […]