Tag Archives: eac

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan entrepreneurs have questioned the willingness of the political leadership of the East African Community-EAC to make the region one trading bloc and investment destination, as challenges to cross-border trade persist. The investors, mainly manufacturers, say they cannot ably trade across the region despite assurances …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has yet another opportunity to showcase and market its petroleum potential as it hosts the 10th East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (EAPCE’23). The 10th edition of the conference (EAPCE’23) organized by all members of East Africa partner states and will take place between …

Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | The 43rd ordinary meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers currently underway in Burundi will review a report of the verification mission on the admission of Somalia into the regional bloc. A statement issued on Monday by the EAC headquarters in Tanzania’s northern …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A policy-making organ in the East Africa Community has given Tanzania Burundi six months to harmonize their phone call costs with the rest of the bloc. The Sectoral Committee on Transport, Communications, and Meteorology directed the two countries to implement the EAC Roaming Framework by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of the East Africa Legislative Assembly-EALA has vowed that his administration will deliver on the long awaited creation of a single East Africa Community-EAC sovereign government. Joseph Ntakirutimana from Burundi was elected the Speaker for the 5th Assembly in December 2022. He arrived …

EAC has finally sanctioned the creation of an East African Financial Services Commission, but the process of achieving regional monetary union is running way behind schedule Kampala, Uganda | Neil Ford | The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in December last year passed a bill establishing the East African Financial Services Commission …

At least 27 million people are in acute need of humanitarian aid. Bujumbura, Burundi | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s President William Ruto has called on leaders from the East African Community (EAC) to urgently address the conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. He said the situation remains fluid …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Community leaders and the business community are excited at the move by Kenyan President William Ruto to ease trade restriction between Kenya and Uganda, saying it gives new hope for deeper integration. Since his inauguration in September last year, Ruto has reversed several …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC has asked Rwandan army officials deployed under the East African Community (EAC) regional force in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu to vacate immediately. In a letter issued Tuesday morning, Major General Sylvain Ekenge Bomusa Efomi, the national spokesperson …

Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc of seven member states. A statement by the EAC headquarters in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha said the verification team comprised of experts from the …