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At least 80,000 cross-border traders in Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo are set to benefit from a $79-million (about Rwf57 billion) World Bank funding support toward the Great Lakes trade facilitation. Rwanda will get at least $26 milion (about Rwf19 billion) of the total grant that the World Bank Group’s board of executive directors in […]
Honorable British High Commissioner to Kenya, Dr Christian Turner gave a speech at Strathmore University on 10th Anniversary of Fairtrade Africa. The speech has been provided below – “Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen… I am pleased to join you on this day as we celebrate the achievements of Fairtrade Africa over the last ten years. Fairtrade […]
Lack of knowledge on international trade remains one of the key challenges facing local entrepreneurs, especially the youths, the Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce (TWCC), director Fatma Riami has observed. Speaking during a two days meeting for female traders from eleven regions bordering other countries, she noted that most youths fail to trade across the […]
What, in your opinion, is the relevance of regional integration? Across the world different regional integration blocs have come up on the basis of different issues. But for our case (East Africa) we are looking at creating a competitive ground for all countries, especially small ones as well as allowing comparative advantage to strengthen a […]
By Rodrigue Rwirahira Women are dominating small scale cross-border trade between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), new findings have revealed. A research paper titled; ‘Deriving maximum benefit from small-scale cross-border trade between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda’, reveal that at least 83 percent of traders around the area are women […]
The first-ever East African manufacturing business summit closed yesterday in Kampala with participants urging partner states to recommit themselves to the customs union and avoid protectionism in order to allow for free trade and fair competition to prevail in the region. Speaking at the two-day summit, Dr Mukisa Kituyi, the secretary general of United Nations […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 25 – TradeMark Africa (TMA) has announced the appointment of a new board of directors. The newly appointed members are from East Africa Community states to represent diversity and present a balance of representation. They include Tanzanian entrepreneur and philanthropist Ali Mufuruki who takes over as the chairman of the board. He […]
The East Africa Community’s conference of women in business was launched at the KICC in Nairobi on Thursday. The event brought together women from Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya to share their experiences about doing business in their countries. It was also a forum for them to network with their sisters from across the […]
WOMEN entrepreneurs in the region will use the second East Africa Community Women in Business conference that opens today in Nairobi, to explore opportunities offered by the Single Customs Territory, the EAC secretariat has said According to the Arusha based office, the conference on the role of women in socio-economic development and business will also […]
Arusha — The 2nd EAC Conference on the Role of Women in Socio-Economic Development and in Business is set for 20th – 21st August, 2015 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall goal of the Conference is for women in business in the East African region to come together to network […]
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