East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 3rd September, 2025: The Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP) has kicked off a joint Project Implementation Support Mission in Nairobi, bringing together the East African Community (EAC), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the World Bank.
The four-day mission, which started on 2nd September, aims to assess project progress, address implementation challenges, and identify activities that can be undertaken jointly by the two Regional Economic Communities, EAC and IGAD.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 2nd September, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is currently hosting the 35th Meeting of the Sectoral Council of Ministers Responsible for EAC Affairs and Planning (SCEACMP) and the 58th Extraordinary Meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers at it’s Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 4th August, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) has today launched the EACBond, a regional customs guarantee instrument that replaces the need for multiple national bonds when transporting goods across Partner States.
By allowing traders to secure their entire cargo journey with a single bond, the EACBond will significantly reduce trade costs, ease border delays and free up business capital.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 4th August, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) recorded a trade surplus of USD 0.8 billion in the first quarter of 2025, compared to a trade deficit of USD 4.0 billion during the same period in 2024.
This significant shift is linked to strong export performance, improved trade within the African continent and growing competitiveness across Partner States.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 31st July, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat wishes to address recent developments regarding restrictions on the freedoms and rights under the EAC Common Market Protocol.
Since the adoption of the EAC Common Market Protocol, Partner States have committed to fostering regional integration by removing barriers to trade, services, and investment, and to refrain from introducing unilateral measures that hinder the free movement and establishment rights of citizens and businesses across the region.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 29th July, 2025: In preparation for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), convened a regional experts meeting in Entebbe, Uganda to build consensus on key climate messages and shape a unified EAC position ahead of COP30, scheduled for November 2025 in Belém, Brazil.
The three-day meeting from 28th to 30th July, 2025, brings together climate experts, government officials, and development partners from across the region to foster collaboration and alignment on key climate priorities.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 23rd July, 2025: The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Hon. Veronica Nduva, concluded a three-day official visit to the Republic of Uganda, marked by high-level engagements aimed at strengthening regional integration and enhancing cooperation.
During the visit, the Secretary General, paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State House in Entebbe. The two discussed key regional integration priorities, including the need for deeper cooperation among EAC Partner States.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 18th July, 2025: The 11th edition of the Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA XI) report recognizes the East African Community (EAC) for its significant progress in advancing intra-African trade.
Published on 13 July, 2025 by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the report provides critical insights into Africa’s progress on regional integration and offers targeted policy guidance to accelerate the continent’s economic transformation.
THE 14TH MARA DAY CELEBRATIONS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE
14th September 2025
(Venue: Mwalimu Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, POSTERS AND EXHIBITIONS
Introduction
The Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) in collaboration with Mwalimu Nyerere University of Agriculture and Technology (MNUAT), Maasai Mara University (Mmara-U) and the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is pleased to announce a call for papers, posters and exhibitions for the 14th Mara Day Scientific Conference. This conference themed “Protect Mara River: Preserve Life,” will take place on September 14, 2025 at MNUAT, Butiama District in the United Republic of Tanzania. We invite researchers, students, the private sector and government officials from the East African Community member states—Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC Congo, and Somalia—as well as international researchers focused on the Mara Basin Ecosystem, to contribute their insights on issues related to the Mara River through conservation.
Conference Theme: “Protect Mara River: Preserve Life”
Conference Sub-themes
Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management to foster Sustainable Development in Mara River Basin;
Cross-Border Cooperation, Policy Implementation, and Conflict Resolution through community-based and gender mainstreaming approaches for River Basin management; and
Innovative Technologies for addressing emerging threats within the Mara River Basin.
Conference registered participants will receive a registration confirmation email through the email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon the application has been submitted.
Abstract guidelines
Submitted abstracts should be saved in the following format in MS Word, named as: Sub-theme number _ Institution _ First Name _ Surname Name for instance; 2_ Dedan Kimathi University_ Omondi_ Taga
Presentation Title
Authors Name (s),
Times New Roman - Font size 12
Affiliation of authors e. Departments, Organization, Postal address, Telephone contact, Email address, ORCiD number (if available)
Standard Poster templates will be shared
Abstract body
Key words (4 – 6 key words)
Please ensure the abstract has: a brief introduction, gap, main objectives, methodology, findings/results, conclusions and recommendations of the study (maximum 350 words).
NB; There should be NO citations in the abstracts.
Key Dates
Submission deadline – 22nd August, 2025
Notification of Accepted Submissions – 27th August, 2025
Submission of full papers deadline – 29th August, 2025
Programme notification – 30th August, 2025
For more information, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Mwalimu Nyerere or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.- Maasai Mara University or Lake Victori Basin Commission - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: or Inter-University Council for
East Africa (IUCEA) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 14th July, 2025: As the African continent continues to grapple with limited resources to finance its development agenda and ambitions, the East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Hon. Veronica M. Nduva, has called for a unified, continent-wide resource mobilization strategy to replace fragmented and duplicative efforts and to strengthen Africa’s resource coalition.
