East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 12th September, 2025:A high-level oversight mission led by H.E. Veronica Nduva, Secretary General, East African Community (EAC), and Hon. Amb. Fatuma Ndangiza, Secretary General, East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Women Caucus, accompanied by other members of EALA Women Caucus including Hon. Falhada Iman Dekow (Kenya), Hon. Zippora Kering (Kenya), Hon. Dr. Gladness Salema (URT) and Hon. Nadra Juma Mohamed (URT), visited the Kenya/Tanzania Namanga One Stop Border Post (OSBP) to assess the challenges facing women engaged in cross-border trade across the Namanga border.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 11th September, 2025: The EAC Partner States are taking bold steps to make roaming across the region cheaper, fairer, and more sustainable. The Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP) conducted national consultations with Governments, regulators, and mobile operators in August 2025, as part of the project’s connectivity market development and integration objective to enhance the EAC One Network Area (ONA) framework.
During the consultations, Partner States and sector players agreed on a new drive to strengthen the ONA framework, which has already slashed roaming costs but still faces gaps that must be addressed.
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.
