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.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 17th March, 2025: The East African Community (EAC), in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU), today launched the EAC4Nature Project, a transformative three-year initiative designed to enhance sustainable natural resource management across the region.
The EAC4Nature Project, titled “Support to Management of Nature-Based Solutions with the East African Community” will run from January 2025 to June 2028 with a total funding of 8 million euros (5.5 million Euros from BMZ and 2. 5 million Euros from the EU).
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 15h March, 2025: The Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service in the Republic of Kenya, Mr. Felix Koskei, has applauded the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for the transformative work it has carried out across East Africa and the rest of the world particularly in the education and healthcare sectors.
Mr. Koskei said that the enduring legacy of His Highness Prince Karim Al-Husseini Aga Khan – Aga Khan the IV is eternally immortalized in his visionary efforts to uplift and unite humanity, thereby fostering a world where compassion and progress go hand in hand.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 13th March, 2025: Regional Heads of Public Service and Ministers in charge of East African Community (EAC) Affairs from the EAC Partner States have committed to take decisive action to ensure the embedding of regional integration into national policies as part of efforts to equip government leaders to effectively drive the EAC integration agenda.
The move aims at aiding in overcoming regional challenges and unlocking the full economic potential of the region.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 11th March, 2025: The East African Community has launched the three-year Sustainable Regional Agricultural Extension (ENSURE) Project, with a total budget of USD12 .5 million aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and sustainability across the East African region.
The project funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), is expected to increase the long-term sustainability of agriculture in the region by increasing access to robust extension services while improving the capacity of Partner States to provide responsive and reflexive extension services, and training in line with Article 105 (2d) of the treaty for establishment of EAC
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 8th March, 2025: East African Community (EAC) Partner States have been urged to leverage on the latest technological advances to align the oil and gas sector in the region to the global goal of transition to clean energy.
The President of Zanzibar, H.E. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, further called on Partner States to leverage on new technologies to accelerate the exploration and production of their petroleum resources given that the world is moving at a very fast pace in terms of technological innovations.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania: 7th March, 2025: Telecommunications stakeholders from across Africa convened in Kampala, Uganda for a Knowledge Exchange and Stakeholder Engagement Workshop on the One Africa Network (OAN) and EAC One Network Area (ONA).
The workshop marked a significant step towards realising a seamless and harmonised telecommunications framework across the continent. Jointly hosted by Smart Africa and the EAC Secretariat, the workshop brought together policymakers, regulators, mobile network operators (MNOs) and Development Partners to discuss key policy, regulatory and implementation challenges affecting Africa’s digital integration.
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 6th March, 2025: Hundreds of tourism stakeholders attending the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin, today witnessed the unveiling of the "Visit East Africa – Feel the Vibe" brand. This groundbreaking initiative aims to collectively promote the East African Community (EAC) as a single tourist destination.
Various stakeholders welcomed the move, recognizing it as a significant step toward enhancing regional tourism while ensuring the sustainable tourism practices.
