
Eric Ombok
Correspondent at Bloomberg News
Journalist @BBGAfrica. Member @FPA_Africa. @SyokimauLIFE 8th Chairman 2016-2020. @RotarySyokimau 7th President 2021-22. Tweets ≠ endorsements. Opinions = mine.
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bloomberg.com | Eric Ombok
Commercial aircrafts in Marana, Arizona. (Bloomberg) -- A record order backlog for new aircraft will result in carriers waiting for as long as a decade to take delivery of new planes, according to the International Air Transport Association. The average wait time jumped to five-and-a-half years in 2024, from two years to three years previously, according to Nick Careen, the industry body’s senior vice president for operations, safety and security.
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bloomberg.com | Eric Ombok
(Bloomberg) -- MojaEV Kenya Ltd., a Nairobi-based electric vehicle distributor that imports fully built Chinese units, will begin local assembly from August with a plan to export to several African Markets. The vehicles will initially be assembled at Mombasa-based Associated Vehicle Assemblers Ltd. before MojaEV builds its own factory that will put together battery and solar components, according to Erick Lumallas, an aide to MojaEV’s chief executive officer.
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bloomberg.com | Eric Ombok
Containers are loaded onto a ship at Mombasa port in Mombasa, Kenya. (Bloomberg) -- The European Union wants to double trade with Kenya after signing an economic partnership agreement granting the African nation duty-free and quota-free access to the bloc. Trade between the two was €3.4 billion ($3.9 billion) in 2023, a 53% increase over the past decade, according to EU data, making the region Kenya’s biggest trading partner that year.
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Eric Ombok
African Originals, a Kenyan cider maker, is seeking to raise funds again as demand for the drink grows among younger consumers in the East African nation. The six-year-old company has conducted eight fundraising rounds from investors including Port Louis-based Phoenix Beverages Ltd., a unit of Mauritian investment group, IBL Ltd., which also has a stake in Kenya’s largest supermarket chain, Naivas Ltd.
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bloomberg.com | Eric Ombok
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