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The apex bodies of the private sector and civil society organizations met virtually on 29th May 2020 through MS TEAMS. The half-day meeting was attended by representatives of the East African Civil Society Organizations Forum(EACSOF), the East Africa Law Society (EALS), the East African Local Government Association (EALGA) and the East African Health Platform (EAHP) and chaired by Mrs Martha Makenge, Ag. Executive Director of EACSOF. Besides disc...

The serene agricultural town of Babati, located 160 kilometers South West of Tanzania’s Arusha city, is home to a group of young farmers under the name “Shambani Solutions”,who are  producing green beans for export. In early 2018, Shambani Solutions partnered with Kenyan based horticultural exporter Frigoken limited, to directly employ 2,200 young men and women through contractual farming, producing over 30...

IIDEA partner ESAFF Uganda has found a solution and developed the KilimoMart application. (more…)

IIDEA identifies, nurtures and supports small innovative projects on regional integration. We give these organizations the possibility to test the freedom and opportunities provided by the regional integration in the EAC. Our latest figures show the increase in beneficiaries from this process as the new partners have started off and gone into full swing. IIDEA projects do not only cover most sectors that the East African Community works in...

EANNASO (Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organizations), with support of the EAC-GIZ programme through IIDEA, is developing a digital platform that provides accurate information on the availability of health services within East African border towns and their environs. Partners working in the region's health sector were brought together in an orientation meeting in Arusha, Tanzania to brainstorm and advance ideas on a prototype o...

The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) is implementing an IIDEA project promoting the marketability of East African cultural crafts across the world using an online platform. UTA works together with Eco Tourism Kenya and the National Art and Cultural Crafts Association of Uganda (NACCAU). The online marketing platform will provide a central marketplace for East African cultural crafts and promote the sale of colorful East African products to th...

Each year on the 8th of March, the World celebrates International Women’s Day.   This year, on the 6th of March 2020, the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and its partners joined the rest of the World in taking stock of women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) invited six women project beneficiaries from each of the six EAC partner States...

Stakeholders working in the Moringa Tree value chain in East Africa met for an Orientation workshop convened by the East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP) in Arusha, Tanzania, to introduce the project on Value Addition for increased market access for Moringa products in the Agro-processing sector. The project focuses on value addition for increased market access in the agro-processing sector. The Stakeholders, who are drawn from Ken...

From 11 to 14 November, all IIDEA projects are meeting in Arusha for IIDEA week. This is a unique opportunity for all IIDEA stakeholders and participants to build networks, learn from each other and share experiences and lessons learned. Training Session on Communicating IIDEA IIDEA pioneers whose projects have already been implemented and are still continuing meet the newcomers who have just gone through the approval process and are now s...

The IIDEA program continues to grow from strength to strength, with the announcement of the next round of funded projects across the EAC. Building on the 25 small scale projects already actively fostering integration around the region, the 16 new projects cover (more…)