Welcome to our New Partners in IIDEA and IRTF
At the beginning of 2021, the Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) and the Intra-Regional Trade Facility (IRTF) invited private sector and civil society organisations in th...
IIDEA and IRTF Partners at the 21st EAC MSME Trade Fair
2nd – 12th December 2021
Mwanza (Tanzania)Promoting quality and innovation to enhance EAC MSME competitiveness and post-COVID-19 recovery
From the 2nd to the 6th December 2021, the Incubator for...
Technology Improves Access to Health Service Across EAC Borders – the Wananchi Health Digital Platform
Have you ever tried to get hold of information on the nearest doctor for special treatment or the closest COVID-19 test location while traveling? There is a chance that this information was hard to ge...
KilimoMart – a Mobile Application for Small-Scale Farmers to Sell their Produce all over the EAC Region
Did you hear about the KilimoMart app which links small-scale farmers in Kenya and Uganda to the regional EAC market?
KilimoMart is the result of discussions among small-scale farmers in Uganda who...
Giving Voices to EAC Women Cross-Border Traders
“The decision to formalise my business was a turning point for my little business. I now have a business address and my suppliers and customers know exactly where to find me. And being faithful, often...
Creating Employment for Rural Youths through Cross-Border Trade – Green Beans for Youth
While rural youths are increasingly turning their backs on farming and move to cities to find employment, Shambani Solutions in partnership with Frigoken Ltd developed a project to foster opportunitie...
Unlocking the Potential of the East African Tourism Sector – the Importance of Tour Guides
There are over 20,000 tourist guides in the East African Community (EAC) region. Most of them have been trained through associations, some went to vocational schools, others trained on the job as they...
Tour d’ EAC 2021: Preparations are in Full Gear
EACIIDEA partner Campfire Logs Guild will this year start its grand tour of the East African Community countries from Dar es Salaam, going on to Tanga, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, Bujumbura, Ki...
Get EAC Trade and Market Info on WhatsApp
IIDEA is proud to announce that Sauti Africa trade and information platform, which started of as an IIDEA project in 2016, has added yet another success story to its history.
Sauti's trade informa...
Selection of new IIDEA Projects delayed
Following the call for idea proposals, the IIDEA Team received a wealth of proposals which then underwent a first screening process. According to the selection criteria, all proposed projects have to ...
IIDEA / IRTF call for ideas goes into the next round
The call for idea submission at the beginning of this year led to an overwhelming response. The IIDEA/IRTF team received 54 application. Out of these, 35 passed the basic eligibility criteria and are ...
IIDEA and IRTF Call for Project Ideas Now Open
Apply Now!
The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) and the Intra-Regional Trade Facility (IRTF) are inviting private sector and civil society organizations in East ...
Improved Leather Production for Better Income of Women and Youths
AgriLink TZ: Technology 4 improved leather production
Environmentally friendly technologies in leather production to improve quality and production, and increase income, employment and market acces...
Business Women in the EAC to Reap Benefits from Moringa Sector
Intra-Regional Trade Facility (IRTF) partner East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP) successfully held a workshop to launch the project Value Addition for Increased Market Access in the Morin...
Women in Cross-Border Trade Formalise their Business
The IIDEA project carried out by Base for Education Dissemination (BED) collects and documents experiences and success stories of women in cross-border trade in the Mara region of Tanzania and Migori ...
Women Cross-border Grain Traders
Enhancing Women’s Participation in Uganda and Kenya
The grain sector is probably the most important sub-sector within the agricultural sector. Maize, wheat, rice and pulses are by far the most impo...
EAC Youth Tour Guides Network
USAGA’s project ‘EAC Youth Tour Guides Network’ is about linking young aspiring tourist guides in Kenya and Uganda through an online portal to professional guides and associations, with the aim of enh...
Digital Shops Replacing Brick & Mortal for Women Traders and Entrepreneurs
WITU developed www.amaduka.com, an online marketplace for women-owned micro and small businesses across East Africa, starting with Uganda and Kenya. With this innovative online market place, WITU has ...
BAHO Hospital: Cross-border Health Portal for EAC Citizens in Rwanda and Tanzania
Much delayed by the restrictions to the movement of people through the COVID19 pandemic, BAHO International’s project has now taken off to develop and test an online portal for health services across ...
Tanzanian Youth Sensitized on Regional Integration Opportunities and Hygiene
The East African Community together with the Arusha City Council and the International Women’s Day Committee conducted a sensitization event at Maweni Primary and Mkonoo Secondary Schools in Terat War...
Accelerating Access to ICT for Women and Youth to enhance regional trade
The African continent is experiencing a massive shift towards digital technologies and is radically transforming several sectors of the economies of its 55 countries, thereby directly impacting trade ...
AFYA Digital Launch
IIDEA partner EANNASO (Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS and Health Service Organizations) launched the East Africa Afya Health Digital platform on 29th June, 2020.
The launch was attended ...
Regional Apex Bodies Develop IIDEA Work Plan up to 2021
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 So...
Teaching Farming Continues during the Pandemic
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 be...
How can small farmers get their produce to market in the times of Corona?
IIDEA partner ESAFF Uganda has found a solution and developed the KilimoMart application. (more…)
IIDEA 2020: Latest Facts and Figures
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 in...
Technology to Improve Health Service Access Across EAC Borders
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
th...
UTA – Marketability of East African Cultural Crafts
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...
IIDEA Project beneficiaries Attend International Women’s Day Regional Commemoration
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...
Orientation workshop convened by the East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP)
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 t...
The New IIDEA Partners are now on Board!
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 s...
East African Citizens Doing the Extraordinary – IIDEA Phase Two Has Started
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 fost...
From ‘Panya Roads’ to Formal Regional Trade
Women Cross-Border Traders Learn How to Trade Without Challenges Across Borders
(more…)
EAC Youth Cycling in Support of Regional Integration: Tour d’EAC 2019
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 Ta...
Women Deliverance as an Agent to Fostering Sustainable Gender Development: IIDEA Project Participates at Women Deliver Conference in Canada
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 Vancouve...
East African Music Hits the World: IIDEA Project Hakuna Kulala Won’t Let Us Sleep
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 trav...
Are we Powering Profitable Trade? Inclusive and Sustainable Participation and Empowerment of Women in Trade
IIDEA Partner DMT tested solutions to overcome
unprofitable trade targeting women trader cooperatives as well as the women
traders’ transactions through the Women Cross Border Traders’ Cooperatives
Ac...
IIDEA Call for Projects is open: APPLY NOW!
IIDEA is an initiative which incubates small-scale regional integration projects, proposed and implemented by civil society, private sector and other interest groups in East Africa. It is cross-border...
Seamless Travel through the EAC becomes a Reality: Launch of IIDEA Project “Easy Travel East Africa”
Not need to
hassle your way at the bus stand anymore to catch a ticket.
Traveling
across East Africa is set to be easier following the launch of our IIDEA
project “Easy Travel East Africa”.
The...