By Bernice Kimani African E-commerce Awakening E-commerce in Africa has increased, with the market size amounting to US$ 277.1 billion in 2023. The fast-growing market size, estimated at 3.2 billion users in 2029, is mainly driven by enhanced consumer shopping …
By Muoki Musila A Bitter Pill to Swallow The COVID-19 vaccine gap exposed both opportunities and challenges for pharma in African countries with unpreparedness being a bitter pill to swallow for most nations and the private sector. This perhaps underlines …
By Muoki Musila Slowing Down World Beaters Earlier in January, Athletics Tanzania through its secretary-general issued a directive that would see only three athletes per event and gender from one country win prize money. This piles on Tanzania’s continued …
Inexcusable Blunders Kenya’s call for increased compulsory consumption of local music and entertainment content is perhaps the most conspicuous divergence the country has had in prioritizing the economics of quality products and services. Despite her efforts to embrace capitalism and …
Vetting and Verifying Somalia Credentials At the Africa Investment Forum Held in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 9, East African Community (EAC) Secretary General Dr. Peter Mathuki disclosed that Somalia was on the verge of being admitted into the community within …
Awakening the Competition Authority Recently, I expressed my fears over a long history of mistrust that has slowed the regional integration and formation of a single market for the East African Region. Perhaps the answer lies in the youngest of …
Fashioning Understanding The East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Fair Competition Commission (FCC) of Tanzania to strengthen collaboration in advancing competition policy and legislation throughout the East African Community (EAC). …
Building Trust for a Stronger East African Community The East African Community has long been impacted by mistrust between sister countries slowing regional integration and the creation of a single market with a fully realized movement of people in the …
Cross-border trade in West Africa Trading in Africa is motivated by the Africa Continental Free Area (AfCFTA) which influenced Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to work harder and gain economic popularity as a single market. In the Western part of Africa, …
A Single African Market Agenda Africa is still coming to terms with the promise of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to create a single continental market with a population of 1.3 billion people and a combined GDP of …