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In May 2026, the Kenya Ports Authority launched two ambitious tenders that together represent one of the most serious attempts in recent years to break the cycle of underperformance at…
In a development that has sent ripples across East Africa, Aliko Dangote—Africa’s wealthiest industrialist—has signaled a strong preference for building his ambitious 650,000-barrels-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Mombasa, Kenya, rather…
Over the next 14 days, 55 vessels are expected to call at Kenya’s ports of Mombasa and Lamu. The schedule includes 31 container vessels, 16 conventional ships, four car carriers,…
In the life of any port, the most consequential decisions are not always made on a vessel’s bridge or a trading floor. Sometimes, they happen around a table where the…
Uganda’s decision to move forward with its $4 billion oil refinery is significant for a country that was dependent on imported petroleum for many decades. This move signals a deliberate…
There is a seductive simplicity in the narrative that China’s expanding footprint in African ports is merely about infrastructure, efficiency, and trade facilitation. New berths, deeper drafts, modern cranes, and…
There is a seductive simplicity in the narrative that China’s expanding footprint in African ports is merely about infrastructure, efficiency, and trade facilitation. New berths, deeper drafts, modern cranes, and…
When Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Transport, David Kihenzile, stepped onto the quayside of the Port of Durban recently, he was not merely on a routine inspection. He was observing a…
Lead shipping firm CMA CGM has reaffirmed partnership with the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), which is billed as a strategic signal that the Port of Mombasa—and, by extension, Kenya’s maritime…
The passage of the Government Owned Enterprises Act, 2025, represents one of the most significant shifts in Kenya’s public sector management in decades. Hidden within the technical language of the…