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  • Economic integration is helping boost trade and investment in Africa

    BOTSWANA, 2016/05/13 The collapse of virtual borders is one of the majority remarkable things to have happened in our lifetimes. In the world of cyberspace, time and distance have become almost peripheral considerations at the same time as it comes to doing business. Services from software development to accounting can be delivered across the world in the blink of an eye. Next business leaders will struggle to imagine an era at the same time as communication was neither immediate nor virtually free.

  • East Africa trading bloc ranked high in regional integration

    DJIBOUTI CITY, 2016/04/04

  • East Africa: Region's Exports to EU Face Tough Conditions

    ITALY, 2015/09/13 Mistrust has emerged part the East African Community partner states over Tanzania's commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement that would give the region's goods business-free access to European markets. Tanzania is likely to delay the signing and ratification of the EPA document on the grounds that it was rushed through. Dar es Salaam has threatened not to sign the transaction before its concerns on contentious issues are addressed. The region has until December 31 to sign the transaction with the European Union or go back to the negotiating table.

  • Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta

    BURUNDI, 2013/07/07 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pledged to form closer bilateral ties with Burundi to promote peace and security in the region, particularly Somalia, the government announced Monday (July 1st). Kenyatta praised Burundi for contributing forces to African Union Mission in Somalia during Burundi's 51st independence anniversary cerebrations in Bujumbura, according to a press release.

  • Expat Taxman Gets the Cash Flowing Into Burundi's Coffers

    BURUNDI, 2012/12/19  When Kieran Holmes was appointed to overhaul Burundi's corrupt tax system, he set exams for extra than 2,000 job applicants and his team marked the papers in his basement: he was determined the process would be squeaky clean. The 59-year-old Irishman then "smashed each wall in sight" at the tax headquarters in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. He wanted to remove the walls dividing offices so employees could see and be seen, among of his effort to encourage a culture of openness.
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