EAC-GIZ Sensitization Workshops to Bridge Gap in Cross Border Trade

As a way strengthening communication and sensitisation of EAC achievements and popularizing integration benefits to all East Africans, the EAC Secretariat in collaboration with GIZ will be conducting sensitization workshops at Mutukula and Sirari/Isebania borders from 16th to 17th and from 23rd to 24th April, respectively.
The sensitisation workshops, which targets small traders, young entrepreneurs and women traders, will be conducted in a participatory manner with presentations on...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

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EAC Regional Cross-Border Community Sensitization Programme Commences, Pilot Workshop Winds up at Rusumo

 The EAC Regional Programme for Sensitization of Border Communities commenced 24 June 2014, at Rusumo town which sits at the border of Rwanda and Tanzania. The programme’s overall objective is to raise awareness among cross-border communities within the EAC region, with particular focus on small scale traders to enhance their understanding of the EAC integration agenda, as well as identify the stakes and opportunities of the EAC integration.
Speaking during the official opening on behalf...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

10 Oct

Lowassa vows to boost cross-border trade

Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa yesterday vowed to boost cross-border businesses between Tanzania and neighbouring countries to uplift citizens’ livelihoods.

 

5 years ago

The Citizen Daily

28 Feb

Cross-boarder use of Kwacha, shilling to boost trade at border

Cross-boarder use of Kwacha, shilling to boost trade at border  The Citizen Daily

 

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

09 Oct

Dar, Maputo Eye Increased Cross Border Trade

Dar, Maputo Eye Increased Cross Border Trade
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TANZANIA and Mozambique have agreed to strengthen cross border trade between the two countries, first by putting in place stronger mechanisms to record trade volumes that are said to be huge but had previously remained unofficial. This new target ...
Tanzania requests visa waiver for students in MozambiqueStarAfrica.com

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11 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Jan

Lake regions’ cross-border trade dips to Sh3bn in 2013

Lake Zone regions recorded a slump in revenues collected from cross-border trade, from Sh3.840 billion, as the balance of trade in 2012 dropped to Sh3.319.5 billion by the end of December, 2013.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Mar

SPECIAL REPORT: Tanzania, Kenya to end the Sh16bn illegal cross-border timber trade

In 2013, the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, and WWF—the leading organisation in wildlife conservation and endangered species—carried out a rapid assessment on the Tanzania and Mozambique border to establish the extent of illegal cross-border timber trade.

 

9 years ago

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EAC PAINTS CYANIKA TOWN WITH CROSS BORDER FESTIVAL

In a bid to promote stronger cross border interactions and community engagements, the EAC Secretariat, in collaboration with East Africa Local Governments Association (EALGA), the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the German International Development Agency (GIZ), organized a fun-filled sports and cultural festival at Cyanika town on the border of the Republics of Rwanda and Uganda over the weekend. 
Following up on the recommendations of the 21st Sectoral Council of Ministers...

 

11 years ago

New Vision

18 Feb

EAC tourism ministers meet over cross border cooperation

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EAC tourism ministers meet over cross border cooperation
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Ministers in charge of tourism dockets in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are meeting in Arusha to discuss issues affecting the industry in the region. Among key issues to be discussed includes the single tourist visa, insecurity, disparities in fees charged and ...
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East African countries meet to resolve tour operations...

 

11 years ago

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EAC AND UEMOA SHARE EXPERIENCES ON CROSS BORDER LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The EAC Secretary General Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera make his remarks East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania, 19 March 2014: A two-day workshop themed Cross Border Local Economic Development-Synergy Perspectives for Joint Action between Local Governments and Regional Integration Organizations in EAC and West African Economic and Monetary Union (Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine - UEMOA) is underway at the Mt. Meru Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania.
The workshop's core...

 

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