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Youth are thinking East African: IIDEA engages young people in driving regional integration

November 7th, 2018

Over 50 young East Africans came together in the EAC headquarter to discuss Young People’s Participation in the Political Process during the 1st High Level Youth Ambassadors Dialogue, 5th-6th November...

IIDEA goes New York: clinicPesa pitching at the MIT Solve Global Challenge

October 25th, 2018

IIDEA project clinicPesa was invited to apply for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve Global Challenge an initiative of MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology that advances lastin...

Building the future of Young People in Africa: IIDEA at the Youth Connekt Africa Summit 2018

October 15th, 2018

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The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) was for the second time invited to actively participate at the Youth Connekt Africa Summit. Africa’s greatest resource is it’s near...

Swahiliwood Kick-Off: Edutainment Solutions for Regional Integration

October 3rd, 2018

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Our new IIDEA partner Media for Development International (MFDI) organized a workshop on Kiswahili Edutainment Solutions for Regional Integration at the Cultural Art Center in USA River, Tanzania. The...

Launch of Hakuna Kulala: East African Artists and Producers Incubator

September 8th, 2018

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IIDEA proudly presents the launch of the Hakuna Kulala Label and Music Incubator for over 300 young artists and upcoming musicians from across East Africa. Thursday Night the label was officially laun...

New IIDEA Partners on Board

August 7th, 2018

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A team from IIDEA GIZ EAC Programme has commenced to conduct due diligence for the ten newly selected IIDEA projects from the private sector and civil society as well as other interest groups in East ...

People-Centred and Market-Driven Integration: Strategizing for Impact through the Consultative Dialogue Framework

July 24th, 2018

Regional Integration can only become a reality when the citizens are aware, involved and owning the process. Dr. Kirsten Focken, the Cluster Coordinator of the EAC-GIZ Programme stated that the Germa...

SDG’s and Her. Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs.

June 25th, 2018

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IIDEA would like to share an opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs and CSO that support woman owned/led micro-enterprises. For more information check Worldbank - SDGs&Her : SDGs&Her is an online...

Stop Harassment! Woman Traders Crossing EAC Borders Safely

May 22nd, 2018

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The Technical Meeting with the Border Officials in the beginning of May aimed to identify these information gaps on cross border trade. At the same time the training workshop for cross border women t...

Ready, Steady, Go! Third IIDEA Project Selection is Done

May 18th, 2018

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IIDEA is starting into its next phase! The third call for applications from innovative organisations which are passionate about contributing to East African integration was sent out and over 35 projec...

Employment Opportunities under the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP)

April 18th, 2018

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The EAC has received support under the EDF 11 to bolster and enhance competitiveness of EAC exports under the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP). This program will be implemented by EAC i...

Deadline for IIDEA applications extended to 16 April 2018!

April 5th, 2018

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The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) is calling for applications for its next phase. IIDEA incubates small-scale regional integration projects which are proposed and im...

Support for Women Engaged in Cross-Border Trade

March 27th, 2018

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At a two-day summit on women in intra-regional trade in Nairobi, Kenya that took place from 22 – 23 March 2018 to celebrate 20 years since the founding of the East African Business Council (EABC), th...

20 Years of EABC Celebration

March 27th, 2018

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On 23 March 2018, the East African Business Council (EABC) celebrated its establishment in 1998 and 20 years of dedicated advocacy for the active role of the Private Sector in the East African Communi...

International Women’s Day 2018

March 9th, 2018

Time is Now. Press for Progress East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania Each year, on the 8th of March, the World celebrates the International Women’s Day. It is an opportunity for GIZ ...

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA)

February 19th, 2018

Deadline for Application Extended to 16 April 2018! The East African Community Secretariat (EACS), in collaboration with the Regional Dialogue Committee (RDC) and in partnership with German Developmen...

Enhancing business opportunities and livelihoods for Women Cross Border Traders at Namanga Border

February 1st, 2018

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The Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) is women-focused, non-governmental organization and women’s movement of over 5,000 pastoralist women living in northern Tanzania. PWC has been working to positively ...

IIDEA in Numbers & Graphs

January 19th, 2018

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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...

2017 – The IIDEA Year in Review

January 8th, 2018

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Two years of incubating small-scale regional integration projects proposed and implemented by civil society and private sector across East Africa later, we look back on a successful 2017. In our missi...

CDEA’s Fashion Incubatees get Investors and Spotlight at Swahili Fashion Week

December 22nd, 2017

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CDEA’s Fashion Incubator held a Fashion Boot Camp from February 14-17, 2017 supported by IIDEA, GIZ and the East African Community that focused on providing technical support to the incubatees using l...

IIDEA Projects taking off: Sauti and clinicPesa chosen to join Make-IT Accelerator

December 18th, 2017

Two of our IIDEA projects are off to the next phase with the GIZ Make-IT in Africa Accelerator: Sauti is the mobile based trade information and social accountability platform for East Africa’s cross-...

Paving the Way for Youth Employment: IIDEA Projects Launch Apps

December 12th, 2017

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KCCA Employment Services Bureau in Kampala launched the two innovative mobile applications targeting Youth Employment in the East African Region: our IIDEA partners NACOFU with their YE App and CEFORD...

IIDEA Inspiring the Youth of Tomorrow: Panel Session at the YouLead Summit 2017

December 4th, 2017

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IIDEA partners inspire and empower the youth of tomorrow by sharing their experiences during the YouLead Summit 2017. In a panel session under the theme of business and corporate leadership our partne...

Art Knows No Borders: The Art Safari 2017 opens in Arusha

November 29th, 2017

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The second stop of the East African Art Biennale organized by EASTAFAB in Arusha had its grand opening at the EAC Secretariat yesterday. The secretariat and the GIZ-EAC programme on behalf of IIDEA co...

Heading for Innovation and Industrialization in the EAC: EABC Conference & Exhibition 2017

November 15th, 2017

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The second edition of the East African Business and Entrepreneurship Conference and Exhibition themed “Accelerating Industrialization, Innovation and Investment in the EAC“ was officially opened by H....

Moving Art Across East African Borders

November 6th, 2017

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Last week the East African Art Biennale 2017 opened in Dar es Salaam, holding exhibitions for the next three weeks before moving northward. The historic event expands into an Art Safari progressing fr...

From the EAC to the World: clinicPesa and IIDEA at the Hello Tomorrow Summit in Paris

October 28th, 2017

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Early July 2017, clinicPesa – an IIDEA supported Project – was selected as one of the 500 top Start-Ups in the World. The Ugandan Start-Up creativeDNA with their project clinicPesa was invited to part...

The Passing of an East African Community Gender Champion and Advocate

October 2nd, 2017

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Ms Marren Akatsa Bukachi, the former Executive Director of the Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement for Women (EASSI), died on the 1st October 2017 in Nairobi-Kenya afte...

CDEA’s Executive Director wins national and regional CEO awards

September 25th, 2017

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CDEA's Executive Director, Ayeta Anne Wangusa was awarded a country and regional award by CEO Global's Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government Award in the Arts and Culture category...

Culture and Arts as Engine of Integration: EAC Jamafest 2017

September 12th, 2017

Culture is a primary driver of unity and integration in the East African Community. The EAC Jamafest 2017, taking place from 07 to 15 September in Kampala, Uganda, brings together all EAC Partner Stat...

The Generation of Tomorrow: Getting Youth Involved in the Electoral Process

September 6th, 2017

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Your vote is louder than a gun – that was one of the slogans of the AGA 2017 Regional Youth Consultations. Convened under the auspices of the African Governance Architectures Youth Engagement Strategy...

Cycling for EAC Integration: the Tour d’EAC 2017

August 11th, 2017

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‘Our advice to the people of East Africa is that we need to step forward and own the integration process. We shouldn’t leave it only to politicians. We the people are the ones who will benefit most fr...

YouthConnekt Africa 2017: from Potential to Success

August 2nd, 2017

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Africa is undergoing a demographic sea change and has the youngest population of any continent in the world with 226 million people aged between 15 and 24. Although the willingness to innovate and suc...

IIDEA Concludes Due Diligence with Profemme Twesehamwe

July 24th, 2017

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A team from IIDEA visited Profemme Twesehamwe (PFTH), a NGO registered in Rwanda working on women’s rights and gender equality. The purpose of this visit was to ascertain its financial and technical c...

DOADOA 2017 | East African Performing Arts Market

July 6th, 2017

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What is DOADOA? Despite an abundance of talent and ambition, East African artists struggle more than most to find commercial success within the regional and international market. Often, we hear about ...

A Glance at Namanga Cross-Border Trade

June 28th, 2017

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Informal Cross-Border Trade Informal cross-border trade, which is trade that occurs outside of formal, legal mechanisms, plays an important role in the economies of East Africa. It not only acts as an...

5th Annual EAC Secretary General’s Forum

June 16th, 2017

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Secretary General Hon. Libérat Mfumukeko will convene the 5th Annual Secretary General’s Forum in Bujumbura, Burundi from the 22nd to 23rd June, 2017 under the theme, ’15 Years of the EAC: Towards a B...

Soko Mkononi: Placing the East African Market in Citizens’ Hands

April 5th, 2017

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The Common Market Protocol was signed in November, 2009. Its provisions have greatly eased the free movement of goods, services, capital and people. This has produced a wealth of opportunities for the...

Citizens’ Voices on Tackling Youth Labor and Employment Services in East Africa

March 15th, 2017

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The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) in partnership with YouMatch, a global initiative for youth in Africa implemented by GIZ seeks to promote positive employment for y...

The East African Community Celebrates International Women’s Day #beboldforchange

March 9th, 2017

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The East African Community (EAC), in cooperation with GIZ, set out to bring International Women’s Day to Arusha. With this year’s theme being “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030...