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Just before the December festive season got underway last year, East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Amb. Richard Sezibera and Arancha González, the International Trade Centre Executive Director announced a joint project to boost intra-Africa trade. Note that intra-Africa trade is less than 15% of overall African trade, which makes this project important and worthy […]
Uganda’s leading role in the inter-Burundi dialogue has come under scrutiny after the second round of talks failed to take off in Arusha last week. The parties claimed that they were not informed of the exact date for the Arusha meeting. Coupled with Tanzania’s parallel shuttle diplomacy to salvage the talks that were set for […]
History was made in recent days. Top trade and development officials from all across the globe gathered December 15-18 to discuss economic growth opportunities and international commerce — the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Conference — and that meeting took place … in Kenya. It was the first time that this biennial meeting of the […]
Nordic countries have not only largely overcome economic problems but have also weathered the storm of the global economic crisis much better than many of their European neighbours. East African economies can, therefore, pick lessons from the economic model that has seen these Scandinavian countries succeed. Although this model followed by Sweden, Norway, Finland, and […]
What is the future of the WTO? Will the Doha Round survive? How can trade help develop the world’s poorest nations? Why does Africa import 83% of its food? These are some of the big issues to be explored at the Trade and Development Symposium (TDS) in Nairobi, Kenya, 14th to 17th December. TDS will […]
East African states have made considerable efforts in recent years to reduce the cost of doing business and boost intra-regional trade. There have been investments in large infrastructure projects, such as the expansion of ports and construction of highways; the introduction of one-stop border posts; and measures to ease the movement of goods and people […]
Juba, November 19th 2015: TradeMark Africa (TMA) has committed USD$ 400,000 to support South Sudanese women entrepreneurs in South Sudan. TMA made this announcement while signing Memorandums of Understanding with the South Sudan Women Entrepreneurs Association and the Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs, who will be the main implementers of the interventions. The signing ceremony was […]
Enligt FN:s världshandelsorganisation WTO finns det en stark koppling mellan ökad internationell handel, fler kvinnor i exportverksamheter och högre löner. Analyser av länderna i Östafrika pekar på att varje lands ekonomiska utveckling är direkt kopplat till kvinnornas företagande och till ökad handel med omvärlden. Med stöd av den holländska regeringen och Kenyas utrikesminister Amina […]
Kampala. Organisations should invest more in mentoring women for top leadership position, says a senior United Nations official in Uganda. Speaking at the fourth annual women leadership conference last week in Kampala, the United Nations Development Programme resident representative in Uganda, Ms Ahunna Eziakonwa-Onochie, said women are good at reforming and transforming organisations. She said investing […]
Isiolo residents, led by their leaders, have accused the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor Authority of not consulting them on projects earmarked for the region. Residents said a team from the authority, accompanied by contractors and surveyors, visited Kambi-Garba and Checheles estates in Isiolo town three weeks ago, and allegedly placed beacons in settlement […]
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