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March 9, 2015

Regional integration key to Kenya’s food security

The State of Food Insecurity (Sofi) 2014 report stated that the World Food Summit goal of halving the number of undernourished people by 2015 cannot be met. What does that mean for Kenya and East Africa as a whole? Currently, statistics show that the number of undernourished people in the world is falling by an […]

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March 9, 2015

More women in developing nations to own mobile phones

More women in developing countries will own phones, thanks to the availability of cheap phones and features that appeal to them. According to mobile companies in the region, the mobile money platforms have encouraged women with low incomes to own a phone because of the need to receive and send money. Safaricom, Bharti Airtel, Vodacom […]

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March 9, 2015

EAC CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

ARUSHA, Tanzania, 8 March 2015 / PRN Africa / — The EAC Secretariat celebrated International Women’s Day as part of its strategy to increase the participation of women in the EAC’s regional integration process. Under this year’s theme ‘Make it Happen,’ the Deputy Secretary General, together with the Arusha City Council, Women Organisations, Staff members […]

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February 26, 2015

Women fund sets up LPO funding for its customers

The Women Enterprise Fund has introduced Local Purchase Orders (LPO) financing for its customers. The new product will finance individuals, women groups and women-owned companies with LPOs and Local Service Order (LSOs). Source: business Daily

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February 18, 2015

Trading Out of Poverty in East Africa – Making it Happen

The Saana Institute partnered with the Trade Out of Poverty All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to organise a seminar on trade, development and poverty reduction in East Africa on the 11th of February at the House of Commons. The event featured Frank Matsaert, Chief Executive Office of TradeMark Africa (TMA), Patrick Obath, Board Director for […]

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January 29, 2015

Why informal cross border trade remains important

The buying and selling of goods and services between businesses in neighbouring EAC Partner States with the seller being in one Partner State and the buyer in the other, for example a company or an individual business person in Rwanda selling to a company in Burundi. Cross Border Trade (CBT) plays an important role in […]

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January 19, 2015

Why and how trade and investment can transform Kenya

Today Kenya is ranked as a middle income country with a Gross Domestic Product in excess of US$50 billion becoming the fourth largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa behind Nigeria, South Africa and Angola. These three countries have massive natural resources. Kenya is joining this league with several oil and natural gas drills yielding fruits. Kenya […]

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December 16, 2014

Make the people own EAC : Call

Trade Mark East Africa has called on East African partner states to closely work with civil societies in the implementation of the East African Community (EAC) integration for their citizens to understand, own and benefit from the integration. Opening the 3rd Civil Society Forum, which attracted activists from across the region here yesterday, Trade Mark […]

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December 8, 2014

World Bank to boost EAC farming with $1.2b

NAIROBI, Kenya – The World Bank recently agreed to boost agriculture in East African with $1.2 billion. This support is additional to large ongoing individual country programs. Besides paying for better infrastructure, the projects being funded are expected to improve the competitiveness of the East African Community (EAC) states. Philippe Dongier, the World Bank Country […]

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November 17, 2014

Uganda for easier border

BUSIA, Uganda – Trade on the Kenya –Uganda border is likely to become much easier with the completion of the Busia One Stop Border Post (OSBP) which will be completed early next year. While briefing media last weetk, Ms Edith Mwanje , the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of East African Community Affairs said, the aim of […]

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