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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…)

Women Cross-Border Traders Learn How to Trade Without Challenges Across Borders (more…)

The 3rd Tour d’EAC was flagged off on 1st August, 2019 at the Independence Monument in Kampala by Uganda’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for EAC Affairs, Hon. Dr Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, and the Tanzanian High Commissioner to Uganda, H.E. Aziz Ponary Mlima. The Tour d’EAC 2019 covers 4,300 km around East Africa over a period of 50 days. Its aim is to promote the spirit of East Africanness among the people of East Africa and to show the ...

One of our IIDEA Projects participates at Women Deliver Conference in Canada Dr. Desire Habonimana, CEO at Health Healing Network Burundi was invited to the Global Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver Canada. International Women deliver conference was the conference held in Vancouver, Canada June 3-6, 2019. Panel discussion at the Conference on SDGs The successful IIDEA project Mobile Platform for Maternal Heath was shared with various pla...

Hakuna Kulala is an Incubator and a digital label for Young Producers in East Africa. Through collaborations they are building bridges within the region, creating opportunities to collaborate, to travel, perform and develop a strong regional identity through music. The incubator is the baby of our IIDEA partner Boutiq Foundation, an Ugandan community-based arts and culture incubator with a global vision to set up East Africa’s first music label...