East Africa

A perfect storm of rising tariffs, infrastructure decay, and forced cargo policies is crippling East African ports, threatening to choke regional commerce and drive up costs for millions of consumers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

As Tanzanian authorities target social media comments amid rising public anger, the move reflects a continental struggle between governments seeking control and citizens demanding digital expression rights.

From Ethiopia's fragile Tigray truce to M23's control of eastern DRC and South Sudan's collapsing peace deal, multiple conflicts across East and Central Africa are creating humanitarian crises and testing regional institutions.

Kenya's National Assembly has introduced legislation to establish a dedicated infrastructure fund targeting Sh5 trillion in financing, marking a strategic shift away from public debt and taxation toward alternative funding mechanisms for long-term development projects.

Despite regional economic expansion, East African youth face mounting unemployment pressures, driving record numbers into the informal jua kali sector where wages remain low and job security minimal.