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March 16, 2021

MATHUKI: Regional integration is about people and inclusivity

Peter Mathuki, the chief executive of the East African Business Council, who is the incoming secretary general of the East African Community, spoke with Luke Anami on his early engagement with the EAC and aspirations for the bloc. What are your aspirations as the sixth Secretary General? To follow the spirit of the EAC Treaty […]

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January 25, 2021

AfCFTA Can Spur Recovery, Transformation, Says ECA Integration & Trade Division Director

Addis Ababa, January 22/2021(ENA) The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can help drive the continent’s economic recovery from the deadly coronavirus pandemic and spur transformation, according to Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). ECA Regional Integration and Trade Division Director,Stephen Karingi said during the 6th Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week that given […]

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October 13, 2020

EAC, EU launch regional economic integration programme

The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Tanzania and the East African Community, Manfredo Fanti and the Secretary General of the EAC, Libérat Mfumukeko have launched a new EUR 16,400,000 joint programme to strengthen regional economic integration, through advancing implementation of the Customs Union and Common Market Protocols. The Regional Economic Integration (CORE) programme will be […]

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August 24, 2020

Covid-19: Lessons for EAC integration

Health workers taking a saliva swab for coronavirus testing in Kenya On March 11, 2020, the director general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that “Covid-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.” He went on to warn that “Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a […]

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July 24, 2020

JPM’s push on EAC integration unprecedented

PRESIDENT John Magufuli’s fifth-phase government has set an indelible mark in enforcing East African Community (EAC) integration agenda, specifically on easing trade transactions across the borders. As his government winds up business to pave way for the General Election, slated for October this year, the mark left behind is unequivocal and if come five years […]

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July 22, 2020

Tanzania-Kenya one-stop border post signals East Africa’s integration potential

Naftali Elude Mzota, a driver for the Impala Shuttle Company in Tanzania, has been driving between Tanzania and Kenya for over 23 years. Asked about the difficulties of crossing the border, Mzota sighs. “Customs clearance used to be a real challenge here, because there were two borders. You had to go through at the Tanzanian […]

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June 17, 2020

African regional integration faces new urgency

Content type: Graphic Analysis Location: AFRICA Keywords associated with this article: Geographic: Africa, ME/NAF, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Topical: economy, international relations, emergency, fiscal, foreign trade, government, health, immigration, infrastructure, investment, policy, regional, talks ISSN: 2633-304X Lagging regional integration is further complicated by the COVID-19 crisis Impacts COVID-19-related border […]

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June 16, 2020

REGIONAL INTEGRATION STILL AT LOW LEVELS IN AFRICA

Findings of the 2019 African Regional Integration Index indicate that regional integration in Africa remains low with the continent recording an average index score of 0.327 out of a possible 1. The latest index, published late May by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union, and the African Development Bank, builds on the first edition published […]

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May 29, 2020

Africa: Building resilient economies through regional integration

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC) launched the second Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII 2019). The Index includes a call to action to African economies to deepen their integration. The Africa Regional Integration Index 2019, which builds on the first edition published in 2016, […]

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