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1 month ago | 
zawya.com | Patrick Ilunga |Kabona Esiara |Luke Anami
The M23 rebel group's offensive in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may be causing one of the region's worst humanitarian crises. But businesses are also feeling the effects of the war, with closed banks, diverted goods and confusing customs decisions. Since January, more than 3,000 people have died and another 600,000 uprooted from their homes, fleeing the violence that broke out between M23 and the Congolese army.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Kabona Esiara
What you need to know:The slow shift to e-buses, according to a report made public recently, which evaluates the state of electric bus adoption in 10 African countries, is down to policy gaps that need to be addressed. Major East African cities such as Kampala, Nairobi and Kigali have introduced a combined fleet of 47 e-buses as they seek to decarbonise, cut costs and improve air quality, but the shift has been met with fiscal and technical challenges.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Kabona Esiara
The concerns follow various scientific surveys which show that while the population of small pelagic fish species such as silver fish—known as dagaa in Tanzania, mukene in Uganda, and omena in Kenya—is growing,Nile perch—a cash cow of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda economies—has been declining.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
zawya.com | Luke Anami |Kabona Esiara
A recent East African Business Council meeting in Kigali heard how Tanzania was making the sale of milk from Rwanda near futile by introducing levies that made the trade unprofitable, against the tenets of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market. Rwandan traders claimed that Tanzania was charging $1 for each litre of milk, raising the cost and discouraging imports.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
theeastafrican.co.ke | Luke Anami |Kabona Esiara
A recent East African Business Council meeting in Kigali heard how Tanzania was making the sale of milk from Rwanda near futile by introducing levies that made the trade unprofitable, against the tenets of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market. Rwandan traders claimed that Tanzania was charging $1 for each litre of milk, raising the cost and discouraging imports.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
theeastafrican.co.ke | Kabona Esiara
The planned 400kV transmission line from Olwiyo in Uganda, to Juba, South Sudan, which is already behind schedule by six years, has run into further funding problems. The construction of the powerlines under the 2015 East African Power Pool, which was supposed to be commissioned in 2020, has now been pushed to 2028.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
theeastafrican.co.ke | Kabona Esiara
On Monday, Uganda signed a deal with Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi for the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Malaba to Kampala, after a 16-year wait. When completed, the $2.9 billion-dollar electric rail project is expected to reduce transportation costs and increase the efficiency of the rail transport system in Uganda.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
theeastafrican.co.ke | Kabona Esiara
The Marburg outbreak announced in Rwanda two weeks ago has put the East African Community (EAC) on high alert, signalling a new round of preventive measures in the region. On October 8, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 56 cases and 12 deaths had been reported from September 27, 2024. By Thursday, the confirmed cases had reached 58, with 13 deaths and 12 recoveries, and 33 individuals still receiving treatment in isolation.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Kabona Esiara
Rwanda has overtaken Kenya as Uganda’s biggest sugar export market in the East African Community. Data from Uganda Revenue Authority shows that in the nine months to September, Rwanda took 35.3 percent or 39.3 tonnes of sugar out of the 111.1 tonnes Uganda exported to the EAC Common Market. However, available data indicates Uganda has not been exporting sugar to Kenya for some months now.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
theeastafrican.co.ke | Kabona Esiara
Rwanda has overtaken Kenya as Uganda’s biggest sugar export market in the East African Community. In 2022, Uganda exported at least 1.7 MT, but the sugar full year ended December 31, 2023, and the latest sugar export data from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), show Rwanda ordered over 35.3 per cent or 39.3 MT out of the 111.1 MT Uganda sugar millers exported to the EAC Common Market in the nine months this year.
