East Africa
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Over 40mln people threatened by acute hunger in Eastern Africa
KAMPALA, September 19, 2025 – At least 42 million people face high levels of acute food insecurity this year across six IGAD member states [Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan and…
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KCB and Afreximbank in Joint Funding Deal to Operationalize Vipingo Special Economic Zone
NAIROBI, September 19, 2025 — KCB Group, and the African Export-Import Bank Afreximbank have entered a Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] aimed at providing financial and trade facilitation support to investors operating in…
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Coopérative U Plants Its Flag in Rwanda
KIGALI, September 13, 2025 — Coopérative U is planting its flag in a new African country: Rwanda. The independent retail cooperative has signed a partnership with the French group Duval, which is…
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EARDIP holds joint implementation support mission in Nairobi
NAIROBI, September 5, 2025 — The Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project [EARDIP] kicked off a joint project implementation support mission in Nairobi, bringing together the East African Community [EAC], the Intergovernmental…
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How cooperatives are cultivating peace in South Sudan
JUBA, August 29, 2025 — “Cooperatives are a system that enables the South Sudanese to improve their livelihoods, but at the same time also contributes to the economy… this is the only…
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Japan commits to support EAC in leveraging technology to boost regional trade
ARUSHA, August 25, 2025 –The Director General of the Customs and Tariff Bureau at the Ministry of Finance of Japan, Teraoka Mitsuhiro has reaffirmed Japan commitment to support the East African Community [EAC] in harnessing…
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Busy Kenya–Uganda Malaba border unites for peaceful trade
TORORO, August 23, 2025 – At one of East Africa’s most active border crossings, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA], in partnership with the Horn of Africa Youth Network…
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Regional integration: Ugandan business leaders urge EAC Partner States to end NTBs
KAMPALA, 21 August 2025 – The East African Business Council [EABC], in partnership with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda [PSFU] and the Uganda Manufacturers Association [UMA], recently convened the EABC CEOs –…
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History in East Africa as all TotalEnergies CHAN co-hosts reach quarter-finals
KAMPALA, August 19, 2025 –For the first time in a CAF competition, three co-hosts — Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda — have all advanced to the quarter-finals, sending a powerful message of unity…
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Samia urges Coop Bank to provide affordable loans to boost agricultural value chains
DODOMA, August 12, 2025 — The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has called on the Co-operative Bank of Tanzania [Coop Bank] to provide low-interest loans to cooperative members in order to…
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