Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African countries to adopt and accelerate reforms that will attract and retain more private sector investment in infrastructure projects. This he says is the […]
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Free trade merger to boost African markets
Once negotiations on a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) are concluded it will be one of the largest free trade areas in the world with over 600 million people and […]
Expedited Financial Transaction System launched in the EAC
Following the launch of the East African Community’s (EAC) Payment and Settlement Systems Project, financial transactions between the member states are expected to be easier and faster. The new system […]
Real-time cross border payments
An integrated real-time cross-border payments system designed to remove bottlenecks to business to bolster intra-regional trade has been launched in East Africa’s biggest economies. According to Kenya’s central bank the […]
Mitigating health risks along EAC transport corridors
Dar es Salaam: As the East African Community (EAC) braces for major transformation in terms of trade and movement of people, the regional body faces the challenge of an increase in […]
Corridors & Infrastructure in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite area
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tripartite Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are deepening regional economic […]
EAC meeting produces some key decisions
All countries in the East Africa Community (EAC) will have to comply with the EAC ministerial decision to remove road blocks and replace them with electronic cargo tracking systems […]
Important East African ports to be made private
The ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are currently under negotiations to be made private rather than state owned. This was disclosed by the Secretary-General of the East African Community, […]
Informal traders need support
Rwanda - Informal traders involved in cross-border trade have expressed their concern with high cost of transport and limited access to financing which is making doing business increasingly difficult. Traders […]
Work on one-stop-border-post set to begin
Local and regional traders using the Rusumo border post along the Rwanda-Tanzanian border will no longer spend much time once the construction of the One Stop Border Post (OSBP) is […]