THE private sector in East Africa should join trade negotiations between the European Commission and East African Community through the regional secretariat.
The latest workers' upheavals befalling the concessioned Tanzania Railways, who are demanding for their unpaid monthly salaries and to terminate the Indian railways company (RITES) management contract, is an eye opener that our governments need to look inward for certain business solutions.
East African Community (EAC) member states need about $10 billion in order to repair the infrastructure in the region.
Speculation over who will be developing Uganda's potentially massive oilfields reached fever pitch last week after it became clear that Tullow Oil have just a few weeks to decide whether to pre-empt the sale of Heritage Oil's Ugandan assets to Eni, the Italian energy group.
The rising price of gold has intensified a decade long conflict between international companies and the small-scale miners they replaced.
Africa's success in avoiding the worst of the economic crisis that has swept the industrialised world has been due in large part to the remarkable growth of trade and investment with China, India, Brazil and other "emerging" developing countries.
The next momentous event in my business life was the entry of South African Breweries (SAB) into the Kenyan market.
The government has embarked on an ambitious Sh3.8 billion plan to improve traffic management and safety of the Kenyan airspace.
Green energy should be viewed as an economic necessity for Kenya, not an effort to appease Copenhagen.
Kenya is planning to extend the services of UK's Aggreko, the emergency power producer, in a bid to ensure consumers have adequate albeit more expensive electricity, following failure of the short rains to lift hydro-generation.
A fresh battle over market share is shaping up in the lucrative coffee marketing business with a newly formed marketing company declaring it had already signed contracts for more than a third of this year's expected national production of the commodity.
Beta Healthcare has diversified into baby food products to grow its profile in a move that is likely to open a new pricing battle in the industry.
The Arusha Regional Commissioner Isidore Leka Shirima, has ordered the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to investigate and arrest businessmen who evaded taxes as the act deprived the government of its revenue.
THE Umoja Fund has grown by 12bn/- in size this year, it was disclosed in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.
ZAIN Tanzania has pledged to improve delivery of its services in the country as a strategy of widening its customer base," Managing Director, Mr Khaled Muhtadi, has said.
The Emerald and Alexandrite mines found at Mayoka village in Babati District will soon be closed to pave way for the expansion of Lake Manyara National Park.
Tanzania Coffee Board is implementing a replanting program aimed at boosting production to 96,000 tons by 2013.
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has offered 863 acres of land in Kampala Business and Industrial Park (KIBP) to 321 investors.
Safaricom has partnered with Cisco Systems to manage the company's information technology services to its customers.
The Government is worried about Tanzanians living in rural areas access to electronic broadcasts once the broadcasting system in country shifts from analogue to digital mode by 2015.
President Amani Abeid Karume has urged residents of Pemba island to prepare themselves to fully exploit economic opportunities that will result from the archipelago's connection to reliable power.
The government has secured funding for the much-awaited construction of the 260-kilometre Iringa-Dodoma highway, linking the southern highlands to the central and northern regions.
Lack of a strong development bank in Kenya is the reason why the bond market is thriving, Central Bank of Kenya governor Prof Njuguna Ndung'u has said.
Telkom's Orange has announced a 70 per cent drop in international call charges made from its network.
Logistics company, DHL says it has invested Sh3 million in upgrading its local gateway facility located at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
