Milestone for Agriculture in East Africa
Agriculture will now be placed as number one engine of economic growth in the East African Community (EAC) integration process. This follows last week’s signing of the EAC Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Compact. “The Compact is designed to facilitate coordination of regional and cross cutting programmes that complement agricultural programmes and projects at […]
Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania Link Project On Track
Three East African Community (EAC) member countries – Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania – have unanimously agreed to hasten inter-connectivity of National Fiber Networks and Infrastructure for the benefit of the citizens in respective countries. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT in Uganda, Mr Vincent Baggire, told the ‘Daily News’ in an interview in […]
It’s Time Africa Acted Over Its Wealth
That Africa needs to redress the huge gulf between its wealth and its poverty is a foregone conclusion. Statistics of outflows from Africa against inflows in everything from aid, foreign direct investment to remittances will boggle the mind. But you already know that. What Africa needs to do about it is another matter altogether. President […]
Tanzania’s U.S.$14.21 Billion Budget Tops in the Region
Tanzania tops the three East African Community’s (EAC) member states that tabled their 2017/18 fiscal plans yesterday in revenue collection and expenditure. Finance and Planning Minister Philip Mpango presented the 31.7tri/- budget, beating by far his Rwanda and Ugandan counterparts, Claver Gatete and Matia Kasaija, respectively. While Rwanda put its budget at 5.656tri/-, Uganda had 17.4tri/-. […]
What Our Borders Can Teach Us About Closing Our Minds or Daring to Dream
The first time I drove across the Malaba border crossing into Kenya I spent about 15 minutes stuck behind a long queue of stationary trailer trucks, muttering unprintable thoughts under my breath. Other motorists drove past, on the wrong side of the road, while I waited patiently, cursing their lineages for not respecting road rules […]
Ugandan Officials in DRC for Talks On Lakes Albert, Edward Disputes
A Ugandan government delegation is in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for talks over transboundary disputes and management of Lakes Albert and Edward in the Albertine region in South Western Uganda. Lake Albert is shared in roughly equal parts by the two countries while DR Congo takes the biggest share of Lake Edward. The […]
Tread Carefully On Somalia, East African Community Told
With Somalia’s application to join the East African Community (EAC) key on the agenda of the heads of state summit in Dar es Salaam today, analysts have said the Horn of Africa country should be assisted to fix its insecurity issues first. “Before Somalia is brought on board, it has to be assisted to become […]
President Yoweri Museveni to Show the Way Out of Burundi Crisis
The Burundi crisis and the country’s status as a partner state in the East African Community are among issues that were expected to feature at the EAC Heads of State Summit in Dar es Salaam. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who takes over the chairmanship of the EAC, had pledged that, he would bring the Burundi […]
Africa Has Vast Agricultural Potential – So Why Are We Due to Import U.S.$110 Billion Worth of Food Annually By 2025?
The African continent has the potential to feed itself and even have surplus food to export to other parts of the world. But instead, the continent imports $35 billion worth of food and agricultural products every year, and if the current predictions hold, the import bill will rise to $110 billion annually by 2025. So […]