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February 9, 2022

EAC Secretariat lauds Uganda, Rwanda for reopening Gatuna-Katuna border post

EAC Secretariat Secretary-General Peter Mathuki has hailed the governments of the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Uganda for their efforts ahead of the reopening of the Gatuna-Katuna border post He said the reopening would strengthen bilateral ties between the two EAC Partner States, which will revitalise social, economic and political relations Mathuki added […]

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February 9, 2022

Plans to decongest Kenya-Uganda border gears up – Commissioner

Plans to decongest Kenya-Uganda border gears up – Commissioner THE East African Business Council (EABC) has been assured that the backlog of trucks at Malaba One-Stop-Border Post (OSBP) will be cleared and normalcy has been return by yesterday (Wednesday). Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner of Customs, Abel Kagumire made the assurance when speaking at the EABC-TMA […]

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January 24, 2022

Key Pillars Mostly In Place To Speed Up Africa’s Free Trade In 2022

The official start of free trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in January 2021 moved a major continental aspiration closer to reality. One year later, cross-border trade in goods and services may not exactly be in full swing as had been anticipated, but indications are that there is some progress—the cup is […]

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January 20, 2022

AfCFTA on track to lift 100 million Africans out of poverty by 2035

Summary The AfCFTA is a flagship project of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, Africa’s long-term development strategy for transforming the continent into a global powerhouse of the future. The African Continental Free Trade Area is the world’s largest free trade area, and the largest trade organisation since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation, […]

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January 10, 2022

Unclogging supply chain bottlenecks: So, truckers connect us to our favourite things

The goods arrive at the port of Mombasa in big, lumbering mysterious ships. They come with impossible names like Kota Gadang, Si Hang Yun, Fox, Tramper. They come sailing under the flags of Singapore, Japan, India, Sierra Leone, Panama, China, bringing in palm oil, sorghum, kapok, coconut, sisal, cotton, vehicles, fertiliser, motorbike parts, sugar etc. […]

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November 29, 2021

Why the youth hold key for future of agriculture in Tanzania

Summary Changing how Tanzania engages in agricultural production can have multiple benefits in the country’s employment stakes, rural-to-urban migration dynamics – and how these can boost economic growth Dar es Salaam. As the single most important economic sector in Tanzania, agriculture should provide most of the employment slots in the country. As a matter of […]

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November 29, 2021

Advancing Africa’s Industrialisation Through Regional Integration

Industrialisation is crucial for Africa’s development and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could provide crucial impetus in the coming years. Major challenges and opportunities for Africa’s transformation model present themselves continuously. African countries have responded to Covid-19 by resorting increasingly to digital solutions but to a lesser extent with greener, […]

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November 29, 2021

FEATURED: Outstanding tourism sector performers awarded

More than 15 private tourism business owners, private and public institutions were on Friday 26, awarded and recognized for showing resilience in the tourism sector despite challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Organized by the Rwanda Chamber of Tourism and partners, the 2021 Rwanda Tourism Awards, follows a week-long exhibition that brought together more than 50 tourism […]

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November 29, 2021

Call to enable smallholder farmers to access markets

Summary Investment and capacity building needed in SHPs’ organisations in order to assist them in organising, producing and searching for markets Dar es Salaam. Agriculture stakeholders have made recommendations on addressing the challenges facing smallholder producers (SHPs) in having access to domestic and international markets. The recommendations include better use of technology, improving infrastructure, access to […]

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November 29, 2021

DR Congo gets EAC ministers’ nod to join the bloc, shall we celebrate?

Summary All Congo’s raw materials, including the most critical for harnessing clean energy in the era of combating global warming, will suddenly become locally available to the East African countries at their different stages of industrial development. Citizens of space-constrained EAC member states will be able to grow food in the extensive fertile soils of […]

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