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After the signing of the common market protocol by the EAC heads of partner states, we should cease lamenting but direct more energy onto how opportunities can be tapped. Contentious issues like land ownership, common external tariffs, travel documents...
Tags: East African, common market, local traders, URA, Sudan, Umm Durmān, Finance, East Africa, Uganda Revenue Authority, Government of Uganda, Tax, Tariff, Kampala, Economy of Uganda
It might not be practical to set up an Odi (ground nut and sim sim paste) factory in western Uganda, just as it might not be a good idea to have an eshabwe (whipped cream) factory in northern Uganda. The climate, soils and generations of planting simsim...
Tags: Uganda, east african, common market, competitive advantage, Kapchorwa, East African Breweries, East Africa, African countries, African Union member states, East African Community, Districts of Uganda, Foreign relations of Uganda
If you happen to be wrapped in a kanga, then your clothing can even speak for itself. The complex, beguiling and proudly loud patterns of East Africa's favourite cotton rectangle are bordered with proverbial wisdom which can pass on messages as subtle...
Tags: East African, Ki-Swahili, Mustafa Hassanali, Wa-Swahili, Zanzibari, South Africa, indians ocean, Kenya, Indian Ocean, printed clothing, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Swahili culture, Kanga, Mombasa, Sarong, Swahili language, Skirts, African clothing, East Africa
East Africa Customs Union is On Course 4 November 2009 Kampala — THE East African Customs Union comes into effect January 2010, just two months away. The New Vision's David Mugabe caught up with the East African Community Secretary General, Ambassador...
Pirates also opened fire on Italian vessel Jolly Rosso as it was sailing north of the Seychelles, she said on Thursday, adding the 32,000-tonne carrier 'managed to evade the pirates at 18 knots'. Somali basin was eight hours away from the Al Khaliq when...
Tags: Seychelles Coast Guard, MV Al Khaliq, Somalia, Indians, african coast, European Union Naval Force, east african, pirates seize
Uganda Leads in Foreign Investments in East Africa David Mugabe 23 September 2009 Kampala — FOR the third year running, Uganda has led East Africa in attracting foreign direct investment, the World Investment Report 2009 indicates. Uganda fetched $787m...
Tags: Kampala Common Market Protocol, East African, foreign investments, United Uganda Peoples Party, Uganda, Kampala
The Kenya Government has launched an emergency response programme to provide delivery of food, water and medicine to over 10 million starving Kenyans. The programme has been necessitated by serious challenges on the government coping mechanisms posed...
Tags: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, East African, Kenya, food aid
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has the means to secure its vital trade corridor with the Gulf of Aden in the event of conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Monday. Addressing the country's economy with the business community...
Tags: Horn Africa, East African
Ericsson, Zain and the GSMA have worked together to improve safety and security through enhanced mobile coverage. Thanks to the project, the Lake Victoria region now has an additional 21 energy-efficient sites, with three of them solar powered, and a...
Tags: Africa, CEO Zain, Chris Gabriel, East Africa, East African, Gabriel Solomon, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Lars Lindén, network, President Ericsson, Uganda
Infrastructure development will be the key focus as the East African Community Investment Forum gets underway in Nairobi on Wednesday morning. The forum to run for three days will also be used to showcase various business opportunities available in the...
Tags: east african