Renewed calls for SMBC to halt East African pipeline support
29-06-22 / by Felix Thompson
A group of environmental organisations and NGOs are putting pressure on Japanese lender SMBC to...Uganda
Macron pushes East African oil pipeline as French banks shun project
05-05-21 / by Maddy White
French President Emmanuel Macron has signalled his support for Total’s US$3.5bn East African Crude Oil...
East Africa brings in Singapore’s GUUD to facilitate digital trade document flows
06-04-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Work on improving the East African Community’s (EAC) single customs territory (SCT) has continued with...
Absa gets Miga guarantees to reduce RWA across Africa
08-01-20 / by Eleanor Wragg
Absa has signed a deal with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (Miga) which will enable...
Afreximbank establishes East Africa office to address “yawning gap” in coverage
24-09-19 / by Shannon Manders
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is setting up an East Africa branch office in Kampala,...
Coriolis Technologies Country Data: Top 10
01-08-18 / by GTR
In this section of GTR+ Africa, Coriolis Technologies sets out the region’s top countries of...
UKEF issues its largest-ever loan to African government
13-12-17 / by Aleya Begum Lønsetteig
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is lending €270mn to the Ugandan government to help finance the...
Payments boom in East Africa indicates rise in trade flows
06-09-17 / by Sanne Wass
Traffic on the global payments network Swift has grown by 20.1% in East Africa over...
Kenya’s AGOA eligibility no longer under US review
27-06-17 / by Shannon Manders
The office of the US trade representative (USTR) has ruled that a review of Kenya’s...
UK eyes commonwealth, doubles export credit for Uganda
05-04-17 / by Aleya Begum Lønsetteig
The UK has doubled its export credit for Uganda from £300mn to £600mn, as it...