Year: <span>2026</span>

… that for economies like Tanzania, Kenya, and Rwanda, long-term growth … to see investment going into logistics, technology and export-based infrastructure …
Policy credibility, not capital alone, defines Africa’s next growth phase

Global electric bike accessories market to grow from $1.7Bn in 2024 to $8.7Bn by 2035 at 11.6% CAGR, driven by battery innovation and eBike sharing expansion.

WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ — The global …
Global Electric Bike Accessories Market to Reach USD 8.7 Bn by 2035, Expanding at 11.6% CAGR | TMR

… is running against incumbent chair Kenya Alu in and around the … PAC reports a Wichita Falls shipping store, the Texas Leadership Alliance … Reform Accountability Project lists a shipping store in the Texas border …
Newly formed Tarrant shadow PACs turbocharge hyperlocal GOP precinct chair races

KISUMU, Kenya Feb 24 — The Standard Gauge … be completed by June 2027, Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga … the Kenya Pipeline Company depot.
The extension is expected to ease cargo … original vision of linking the Kenyan coast to Lake Victoria.
He …
Govt to Launch SGR Extension from Naivasha to Kisumu by March 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, UNITED STATES, February 24, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ — Decisyon today announced the availability of its AI-driven manufacturing application, LOOP (Lean Operations Optimizer), on AWS Marketplace. LOOP enables manufacturers to …
Decisyon Launches LOOP on AWS Marketplace to Modernize Daily Manufacturing Operations with AI

A massive, well-fortified training facility in Ethiopia near Sudan’s border has been revealed to host fighters from Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The camp in the remote Benishangul-Gumuz region, capable of housing up to 10,000 fighters, …
Ethiopia’s secret RSF camp: A dangerous new phase in Sudan’s war

… plan aimed at transforming Kenya’s coffee trading system … MSMEs involved in processing, logistics, and value addition are … farmer confidence and elevating Kenya’s position in global … coffee-growing regions, including Mt. Kenya, Kirinyaga, Nandi, Kisii, Bungoma …
Nairobi Coffee Exchange launches 2026–2030 strategic plan to digitise trading, protect farmers 

Those of you in the Northeast, feel free to tell your blizzard stories! I loved blizzards but I was either a kid or working at home and didn’t have to deal with a car or shoveling out a driveway.
The BBC just released a new adaptation of Lord of the Flies, …
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Size of global wound dressings market is forecast at USD 6.47 billion by 2031 driven by the expanding adoption of advanced wound care products and sustained demand for innovative and infection-resistant wound dressing solutions across hospitals and home …
Wound Dressings Market – 65% Share for Advanced Dressing in 2025 as Europe Set to Record 4.51% CAGR Through 2031, Reports Mordor Intelligence

Washington has misread the Houthis for too long. U.S. policymakers have treated them as a geographically contained problem, an Iran-backed insurgency limited to Yemen’s mountains and coastline. This assumption no longer holds, as the Houthis now operate as …
From Yemen to the Horn: How the Houthis Are Expanding the Battlefield into East Africa