Poverty and Income Dynamics While Kenya has the lowest economic inequality among its East African community neighbors, with 38.9 on the Gini Coefficient, Rwanda (43.7) Uganda (42.7), Tanzania (40.5), and Burundi (40.1), rising food and energy prices are likely to …
The Promise of Supranational Entities In a recent interview, Andrew Dabalen, the chief economist for Africa at the World Bank, claimed that African governments must give up some sovereignty to make the AfCFTA work. The AfCFTA is a monumental trade …
Cross-Border data flow in Africa The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) combined 54 countries to trade beyond and beyond their boundaries and to create the idea of economic unity. Even though official trading commenced in 2021, there are still …
Linking Financial Resources to Investment Trade between Kenya and Tanzania, the two most significant markets within the East African community, has often been characterized by sabotage and trade wars that derail business activity and progress for their citizens. This signifies …
Not-so-neighborly Relations A recent article expressed fears over the continued sabotage of economic activity between Kenya and Tanzania, East African Communities’ two major states as a pretext for a blurred future in the region’s trade and economic integration. Rightly so, …
Operationalizing a Financing Opportunity Recently, I wrote on the need for the swift operationalization of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) adjustment fund and what it means for the African continent in transitioning into a common single market era. …
The Milestone On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, East Africa’s traditional states Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda put on a brotherly show as they recorded their first-ever joint bid victory to host the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in 2027. The victory …
Cross-border trade and legal compliance It is quite popular for the African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to exchange goods and services, especially with the long-lasting goal of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to create a single commercial market …
Gaps and Opportunities Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) represents a crucial and necessary phenomenon in districts near borders such as between Kenya and Uganda, Tanzania and Uganda, and South Sudan and Kenya. So common is the practice that it is suggested …
Sibling Squabbles Whenever we hear talks of trade wars between China and the USA, it always sounds normal – two of the World’s largest economies fighting it out for global dominance. When the same is said of developing countries, questions …
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