East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 13th May, 2025: The 40th Meeting of the Sectoral Council on Cooperation in Defence Affairs is currently underway at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. This meeting brings together key defence stakeholders from the eight (8) EAC Partner States to discuss crucial matters related to cooperation in defence across the region.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 12th May, 2025: The EAC has made significant progress toward regional digital transformation with the convening of the Regional E-Commerce Engagement Platform (EEP).
The meeting, held from 8th to 9th May, 2025 in Kampala, Uganda, focused on validating the Action Plan for Harmonisation of E-Transaction Legislations and updating the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Tool that tracks the implementation of the EAC E-Commerce Strategy.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 9th May, 2025: In an effort to strengthening laboratory capacities for pandemic prevention and response, in alignment with the One Health approach across the EAC region, the EAC has today launched Phase III of the Regional Network of Reference Laboratories for Communicable Diseases Project.
The three-year project from July 2025 to July 2028, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany through KfW, the German Development Bank, will specifically address the challenges posed by communicable diseases and enhance the region's readiness to respond effectively to health emergencies.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 7th May, 2025: The 25th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Sectoral Council of Ministers responsible for Health is currently underway in Arusha, Tanzania.
The five –day meeting kicked off with the Session of Senior Officials which is expected to conclude today 7th May, 2025 while the Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries or the Coordination Committee has been scheduled for Thursday, 8th May, 2025. The Session of Ministers/Cabinet Secretaries will be held on Friday, 9th May, 2025
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.