East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 25 April, 2025: Advancing women’s economic empowerment remains a shared priority for Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs).In a demonstration of this commitment, the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened today in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day coordination meeting on the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP).
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd April, 2025: The 47th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers is currently underway via hybrid (physical and virtual) means to discuss a variety of significant issues related to the regional integration process, with a particular focus on the budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Council will also discuss different reports including; the reports of the Office of the Secretary General, Audit Commission on the Audited Financial Statements of the Community for the Financial Year ended 30th June, 2024, and the status of integration of new Partner States into the Community.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th April, 2025: The Federal Republic of Somalia has officially launched its National Monitoring Committee (NMC) on the Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs), marking a major milestone in its integration into the East African Community (EAC) Customs Union and Common Market.
The launch took place during a three-day workshop held from 13th to 15th April, 2025 at Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. The event was jointly organised by the EAC Secretariat and the Government of Somalia.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 15th April, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) Regional Quality Awards 2025 edition, an ambitious initiative designed to promote and celebrate a culture of quality across the Partner States, was launched on Monday evening at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania
This year's awards build upon the success of the inaugural 2024 edition, which took place in Uganda and drew widespread participation and enthusiasm from across the EAC Partner States.
Accra, April 8, 2025 – About 500 participants, including more than 80 Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACEs), policy makers, higher education leaders, industry experts, and development partners have gathered in Accra, Ghana, from April 7 to 9, for a three-day celebration marking the tenth anniversary of the ACE program, a transformative journey in Africa’s higher education. This milestone recognizes a decade of strengthening Africa’s higher education, fostering regional integration, improving industry linkages and driving meaningful impact on Africa’s development. Participants will seize the opportunity to share success stories, discuss emerging challenges, and engage stakeholders in charting a future where Africa’s higher education sector continues to build on its current gains and scales its contributions to the continent’s economic growth and social development.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 6th April, 2025: The East African Community (EAC), in solidarity with the Government and people of the Republic of Rwanda, will commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on 7th April, 2025.
This annual commemoration serves as a solemn reminder of the atrocities committed in Rwanda from April to July 1994 and reinforces the collective responsibility of the international community to combat genocide and its ideologies.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 27th March, 2025: As the region confronts pressing challenges such as food insecurity, climate change, and economic disparities, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat in collaboration with the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) convened the Regional Joint Agricultural Sector Review (JSR) workshop to assess the performance and results of the agriculture sector across East Africa in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
The objective of the JSR is to provide state and non-state stakeholders to evaluate their implementation and commitments as outlined in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) compacts, National Agriculture Investment Plans (NAIPs), Regional Agriculture Investment Plans (RAIPs), and other related cooperation agreements
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 26th March, 2025: After three years of transformative work in strengthening digital skills in the East African Community (EAC), the Digital Skills for an Innovative East African Industry (dSkills@EA) Project is scheduled to come to a close on 31st March, 2025.
The dSkills@EA project, implemented by the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)with support from the Federal German Government, has significantly impacted digital skills development in the region.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 25th March, 2025: The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) and the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat have launched an innovative Data Governance Training Programme for judicial officers, marking a significant step towards enhancing judicial expertise in data governance, privacy and legal adjudication.
The inaugural training session for the programme took place from 11th to 13th March, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. The programme is designed to equip judges with the necessary knowledge and skills to interpret and enforce the proposed EAC Data Protection and Privacy Act, ensuring a harmonised regional approach to data governance in the era of emerging technologies.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 25th March, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) has taken a significant step towards revolutionising cross-border payments with the regional validation of the Draft EAC Cross-Border Payment System Masterplan.
This milestone, attained during the EAC Regional Payment Systems Steering Committee meeting held in Mombasa, Kenya from 17th to 21st March, 2025, aims to enhance the speed, security, affordability and integration of payment systems across the region.
