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Kenya is facing a powerful youth-led uprising driven by deep frustration over rising taxes, corruption, police brutality and ...

The partnership with Tai Fintech supports Stanchion's strategy to extend access to its Payment Fabric tech, helping issuers ...

The East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have taken a significant step ...

The IGAD-EAC-World Bank Joint Workshop, held from June 30 to July 4, this year in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia brought together ...

While ERA is allowing power plants to sell directly to customers over the border, the challenge lies in regulatory ...

Drafted tenth overall by the NBA's Phoenix Suns, 18-year-old center Khaman Maluach represents South Sudan's growing ambition to become a rising force in international basketball. On the evening of ...

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in the IGAD region, which include Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, ...

According to the World Bank, more than 80% of South Sudan’s population lives below the poverty line, with youth unemployment ...

Kenyan commercial banks are increasingly transporting physical cash to foreign destinations, with the United Kingdom, United ...

Unveiled last week in Arusha, Tanzania, the East African Community's proposed $109 million budget for the 2025-26 financial ...

Regionally, commercial banks primarily transported physical cash to South Sudan (15 per cent) and the Democratic Republic of ...