With first oil due in 2026 and EACOP 79% complete, $1.2bn is earmarked for local contractors. Why local content fails as a compliance quota — and the supplier-development line that makes it work.
Uganda’s First Oil: The Local-Content Window SMEs Can’t Miss Read More »
Trade not aid sounds right but the arithmetic fails: withdrawn USAID flows dwarf realistic investment in East Africa. What actually fills the gap, and who builds it.
Trade Not Aid Has a Math Problem: East Africa After USAID Read More »
European DFIs are pivoting to local-currency lending in Africa. But the shift solves the DFIs’ FX problem more than the borrowers’ problem — because the missing asset class is origination, not currency.
Lending in Shillings: The DFI Local-Currency Pivot Read More »
TICAD 9 pledged $5.5bn through EPSA and $1.5bn in JICA impact investment. How Japanese capital actually enters East Africa — and the broker layer that converts MOUs into deals.
TICAD 9: Turning Japan’s Africa Pledges Into Real Deals Read More »