EAC

KAMPALA, Uganda—Eight local Small and Medium Enterprise companies from Uganda have received a total of 912,954 euros from SNV Netherlands Development Organization under the Innovation Against Poverty (IAP) Project phase2. The Innovation against Poverty (IAP) project phase2, aims at reducing and to improve the living conditions of the poor people in the community relying on […]

KAMPALA, Uganda-Cement maker Hima Cement is expected to start production on its $40m (Shs144b) plant by the first week of May, ahead of planned production start date of June, company officials have said. The cement make which broke ground on its Tororo District plant in January last year has been able to move ahead of […]

Arusha, TANZANIA -The East African Community (EAC) has issued regulations to improve the EAC Standardization, Quality Assurance, Metrology and Testing Act (SQMT) of 2006. SQMT regulations are geared towards facilitating regional trade, the Secretariat announced through a press release. The regulations were approved by the Council of Ministers in November 2013 and are issued in […]

NAIROBI, Kenya-Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) has signed a long term lease for nearly 4,500 sqm of its flagship ALP North Logistics Warehousing Complex with Copia Global, the fast growing e-commerce FMCG distributor that specialises in supplying rural Kenya.  ALP is currently constructing Kenya’s first international standard grade-A logistics warehousing on two sites in Nairobi. ALP […]

KAMPALA, Uganda-President Yoweri Museveni and his visiting Tanzanian counterpart, President John Joseph Pombe Magufuli have discussed areas of cooperation between their two countries at a meeting held at State House, Entebbe. Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sam Kuteesa, his Tanzanian counterpart, Mr. Augustine Mahiga and Uganda’s Minister of Public Service, Mr. Muruli Mukasa, attended […]

KIGALI, Rwanda- The presidential panel that opened Day 2 of the 2018 Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gathering in Kigali lifted the level of debate at the conference a notch higher as policymakers and scientists grappled with the practical implications of creating knowledge-led societies. President's Macky Sall of Senegal and Paul Kagame of hosts Rwanda […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The African Risk Capacity (ARC), an agency of the African Union, is developing an insurance product to facilitate rapid, first-line financial responses to disease outbreaks. In the pilot phase, Ebola, Marburg, Meningitis, and Lassa Fever will be covered. Over 30 countries across Africa are at risk of an outbreak of one or more […]

NAIROBI, Kenya-Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) has signed a long term lease for nearly 4,500 sqm of its flagship ALP North Logistics Warehousing Complex with Copia Global, the fast growing e-commerce FMCG distributor that specialises in supplying rural Kenya.  ALP is currently constructing Kenya’s first international standard grade-A logistics warehousing on two sites in Nairobi. ALP […]

KAMPALA, Uganda—The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has said the revival of the central corridor could leverage on efficiency and cost for transporting cargo from Dar es Salaam port to Kampala to four days, thereby reducing the prices at which goods are sold to the final consumers.  “The revival of the Central corridor is purposed to […]

KIGALI, Rwanda-The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors Hon. Christophe Bazivamo, has called on development partners to support the EAC region in the implementation of bankable priority energy projects. “This is a call for strong commitment to ensure that energy is available, accessible and the people of EAC enjoy it. […]

  NAIROBI, Kenya, — A new study from Habitat for Humanity says that housing microfinance can and should become a mainstream offering for financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa as they respond to growing housing needs in the region, particularly from poor people.   The business case study, is entitled “Building the Business Case for Housing […]