(JUBA) – China’s expanded zero-tariff policy for African countries could create new opportunities for South Sudanese products to enter the Chinese market, the Chinese ambassador to South Sudan has said. Ambassador Ma Qiang made the remarks on Monday at a reception in Juba marking the 77th anniversary of the foundingContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The National Ministry of Trade and Industry has called on commercial banks to form a banking union and speed up the move to digital banking as a shortage of physical South Sudanese Pounds continues to affect trade and daily life across the country. The call was made duringContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Piracy has returned to the western Indian Ocean, with six commercial ships hijacked off the Horn of Africa since April 2026, threatening to raise import costs for Kenya and landlocked neighbours including South Sudan. The shipping industry lifted East Africa’s high risk label in January 2023 afterContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – Kenya’s export earnings from the United States overtook those from Uganda in the five months to July 2026, following the restoration of preferential market access under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Domestic exports to the US, including apparel and coffee, rose to KES 63.59 billion ($490Continue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s oil exports have been severely disrupted by the war in Sudan, with production falling sharply and the country’s main revenue lifeline under threat, Foreign Minister Ramdan Goc has told the United Nations General Assembly. Addressing the assembly on Thursday, Goc said the conflict between Sudan’s rivalContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan’s gross international reserves fell 67.21% in the first quarter of 2025, leaving about five days of import cover, even as the trade deficit narrowed by 383.75% on the back of resumed oil production, according to the Bank of South Sudan’s First Quarter 2025 MacroeconomicContinue Reading
(LAMU, KENYA) – A planned KES 2.2 trillion ($17 billion / GBP 13 billion) oil refinery in Lamu is emerging as a potential turning point for Kenya’s shipping and maritime economy, with the investment expected to drive vessel traffic, petroleum logistics, port services and demand for specialised maritime and industrialContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Deep in the heart of South Sudan, a natural spectacle unfolds each year that rivals the famous wildebeest migration of East Africa. Nearly six million antelopes travel across the Boma-Badingilo landscape in what scientists have confirmed as the world’s largest land mammal migration. The migration, known as theContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The government has directed mobile network operators Zain, MTN and Digitel to settle all tax obligations in cash. The move forms part of a wider push to strengthen domestic revenue collection and ease a severe liquidity crisis. The directive was issued by the Ministerial High Level Committee onContinue Reading
(DAKAR, SENEGAL) – African countries have recovered $758.04 million in additional tax revenue in the first seven months of 2026, as policymakers and tax experts called for stronger systems to reduce illicit financial flows. The African Tax Administration Forum said its supported interventions generated $529.71 million in additional tax assessmentsContinue Reading
