Trending
- Africa’s Green Economy Summit 2026 readies pipeline of investment-ready green ventures
- East Africa banks on youth-led innovation to transform food systems sector
- The Washington Accords and Rwanda DRC Peace Deal
- Binance Junior, a crypto savings account targeting children and teens debuts in Africa
- African Union Agenda 2063 and the Conflicts Threatening “The Africa We Want”
- New HIV prevention drug is out — can ravaged African nations afford to miss it?
- From banking to supply chains, here’s how blockchain is powering lives across Africa
- Modern railways system sparks fresh drive in Tanzania’s economic ambitions
Browsing: EAC
On the 1st of June 2023, African ministers for trade and industries adopted a protocol that prevents trading second-hand clothes across the continent under the preferences of the AfCFTA. This was during the high-level African Union – East African Community and the private sector forum, the second Ministerial Retreat of the Council of Ministers on the AfCFTA, held in Nairobi, Kenya, to assess the progress and address critical aspects of the agreement’s implementation.
AfDB projects mid-term economic growth across EAC will accelerate to 5.1% in 2023 and 5.8% in 2024. This will be…
A recent report has revealed that the ban on second-hand clothing, also known as mitumba, might not enhance Kenya’s textile industry as previously anticipated. The report commissioned by the Mitumba Consortium Association of Kenya (MCAS) on the Second-Hand Clothing Industry in the East Africa Community has cautioned against protectionism towards importing second-hand clothing.
The Kenyan shilling has fallen to a new low of 140.04 against the US dollar. Central Bank of Kenya data…
Ongoing wars in Africa are bleeding billions from poor economies as investors flee the region. Sudan army is spending about…
Kenya is among the top three countries receiving the most international remittances across sub-Saharan Africa, after Nigeria and Ghana. Overall,…
The programme, being implemented with the support of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), is aimed at bolstering the region’s private…
Uganda’s Ministry for East African Community Affairs is seeking $900,000 for the coordination and promotion of Kiswahili as an official…
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Investment, Trade, and Industry Moses Kuria is leading a high-powered government delegation to London for the…
The influx of used clothes from the west in effect affects the development of textile industries in the EAC Five…