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The Buy East Africa e-Commerce Platform for Agribusiness

June 28th, 2022

Afro Ark of Rwanda & Resilience Organization of South Sudan Afro Ark of Rwanda and the Resilience Organization of South Sudan have jointly developed a digital platform called ‘Buy East Africa’....

The EAC Cross-Border Telemedicine Platform Project

April 27th, 2022

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Lyfplus Limited Poor accessibility to healthcare among EAC cross-border truckers, traders and border resident populations are a result of their remote residency and work settings and exposes them t...

Boosting the Local Tourism Industry in East Africa

April 20th, 2022

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Improved Local Booking System for Small and Medium Tour Operators Tourism can make a considerable contribution to East Africa's regional economic development. It can channel vast amounts of income ...

Unlocking Women’s Potential in Tourist Guiding in Uganda and Rwanda

April 7th, 2022

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A Project by Kigezi Biota Tours A considerable number of women in East Africa have studied tourism and undergone training in tourist guiding through associations, institutions and tour companies. H...

Empowering Women Cross Border Traders to Seize Opportunities in the EAC and AfCFTA

March 24th, 2022

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Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) The Eastern African Sub-Regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), with support from GIZ-...

Promoting East African Women Birders in Uganda and South Sudan

March 17th, 2022

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Bird Uganda Safaris Nimule-Elegu Project Tourism is the fastest growing foreign exchange earner globally and employs a substantial number of youths. However, there remains a big gap between men and...

A New Prescription For More Effective Health Care in East Africa

March 10th, 2022

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Advanced Smart Solutions Limited (ASSL) ‘In Kenya as well as in other East African countries, small clinics, pharmacies, and drug shops provide over 70% of Primary Health Care. Still, pharmacies la...

AHADI FORUM: Bees and Honey for a Better Life

March 3rd, 2022

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The project intends to increase the income and improve the livelihood of 2,000 youth and women along the bee keeping value chain. It develops measures to improve the quality of honey, increase the pro...

Latest IIDEA Projects Present Themselves

February 23rd, 2022

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The latest batch of IIDEA projects is now in full swing realising the great ideas they developed to show the benefits of East African Integration to the citizens of East Africa. See their various a...

Welcome to our New Partners in IIDEA and IRTF

November 30th, 2021

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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

November 29th, 2021

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

September 21st, 2021

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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

September 8th, 2021

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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

August 20th, 2021

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“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

August 3rd, 2021

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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...

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Unlocking the Potential of the East African Tourism Sector – the Importance of Tour Guides

July 14th, 2021

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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

April 28th, 2021

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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

April 16th, 2021

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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

April 16th, 2021

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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

February 16th, 2021

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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 ...

The Call for Idea Submissions is now Closed!

January 20th, 2021

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IIDEA and IRTF Call for Project Ideas Now Open

December 15th, 2020

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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

December 3rd, 2020

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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

December 1st, 2020

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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

October 27th, 2020

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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

October 12th, 2020

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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

September 15th, 2020

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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

September 4th, 2020

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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

August 20th, 2020

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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

July 28th, 2020

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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

July 8th, 2020

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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

June 29th, 2020

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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

May 31st, 2020

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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 So...

Teaching Farming Continues during the Pandemic

May 15th, 2020

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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?

May 7th, 2020

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

IIDEA 2020: Latest Facts and Figures

April 23rd, 2020

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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...

Technology to Improve Health Service Access Across EAC Borders

March 26th, 2020

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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 th...

UTA – Marketability of East African Cultural Crafts

March 25th, 2020

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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

March 12th, 2020

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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)

February 6th, 2020

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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...