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In early October 2026, a team of International Maritime Organization (IMO) consultants spent a week in Dakar assessing existing port procedures, institutional arrangements and digital readiness at the Port of…
On December 9, 2025, the Port Autonome de Dakar signed a 25-year concession with an international consortium—Conti-Lines Group, Port of Antwerp-Bruges International, Ership and Senegal’s AIG Marine & Terminal—for a…
Ambassador Maurice Makoloo’s recent engagements in Mombasa—joining British High Commissioner Matt Baugh on a courtesy call to Kenya Ports Authority CEO Capt. William Ruto, touring stakeholders convened by the Kenya…
The reappointment of Prof. Simon Gicharu as non-executive chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) for a second three-year term is a measured decision that signals continuity at…
When reports surface that Ugandan seafarers were turned away while already on the gangway of a cruise ship, the image is visceral: bags packed, contracts signed, medicals and certificates current—only…
When Jomo Kenyatta took the reins of independent Kenya, the young nation faced urgent choices. Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965, African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya,…
In late 2025, dozens of maritime professionals from West and Central Africa—including Ghana—gathered in Jakarta for intensive courses that rarely make front-page news. Funded by Indonesia at roughly US$1.1–1.3 million,…
Julius Nyerere is rightly remembered as the philosopher-president of African socialism, the champion of ujamaa, and the moral voice of southern African liberation. Yet his imprint on Tanzania’s relationship with…
In mid-September 2026, Hapag-Lloyd announced an expanded long-term cooperation with DP World covering five African ports: secured terminal capacity at Dakar (Senegal), Luanda (Angola), and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), plus…
The recent analysis in The Merchant’s News crystallizes a structural shift in global shipping that most markets are still treating as a temporary war premium. MSC now controls roughly one…