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Beneath the rift: How Kenya turned underground heat into an economic advantage, and what East Africa can learn

Every industrial revolution has had its defining source of energy. Britain’s factories were powered by coal. The Gulf transformed itself through oil. Norway built prosperity on hydropower. Kenya may have found its long-term competitive advantage in something far older than…

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Confidence before capital: What Tanzania’s clean cooking strategy teaches Africa about building investable markets

By Publicist East Africa Investors rarely fear bad markets; they fear uncertain ones. That distinction explains far more about investment patterns across Africa than many policy debates acknowledge.  Across much of the continent, the greatest constraint is rarely the absence…

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