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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…
On 17 October 2026, Tanzania’s Ministry of Health issued Travel Advisory No. 18, expanding health requirements for all international travellers amid the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
As the nation’s attention focuses on the Kenya Ports Authority’s (KPA) move to concession Mombasa and Lamu port assets—a plan expected to attract Sh129 billion in private investment—a quieter but…
The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is preparing to launch competitive tenders for private investors to manage and upgrade critical assets at the ports of Mombasa and Lamu. These public-private partnership…
The Kenya Ports Authority’s latest performance figures are genuinely impressive—and the timing of Capt. William K. Ruto’s remarks at the corporate golf tournament and stakeholders’ dinner in Nairobi could not…