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The East African Legislative Assembly on Tuesday called on Burundi to join the Anti- Money Laundering group, this comes as it released a report on the progress made by member states on its common foreign and security policies. “The Committee further noted that the Republic of Burundi is not a member of the Eastern...

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa – COMESA has developed regional policy frameworks that will assist Member States to improve the quality of solar products that are allowed into the region and achieve the ease the doing of business across borders due to predictable duty regimes. The policy intends to address the...

Burundi remittances is now said to have increased by 115 percent according to the country’s Central Bank (BRB), while addressing the press the BRB Governor said that the measures to lift restrictions on money transfer has already created a positive impact on the country’s economy. In October, 2022, Burundi’s Central Bank lifted the restrictions...

The governor of Burundi’s Central Bank (BRB) Dieudonne Murengerantwari has this Friday announced the suspension of the special refinancing framework for growth sectors, days after Burundi president Evaritse Ndayishimiye criticized the policy. During a press conference in Bujumbura, the Central Bank governor announced that the measure was suspended until further notice, “except for the...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Felix Antoine Tshisekedi has fired back to President Paul Kagame’s accusations that Kinshasa continued to violate his country’s territorial integrity. Tension between Rwanda and DRC continued to rise despite efforts to defuse the ongoing conflict between the two East African countries through the EAC led dialogue.

The East African Community has proposed another deadline for a single currency while expected to miss out on the 2024 deadline that was initially set by the heads of state upon signing the Monetary Union Protocol in 2013. During the celebration of 23 years since the East African Community was revived after its collapse...

The East African Business Council (EABC) Chief Executive Officer John Bosco Kalisa called on the Burundi government to waive COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated passengers entering Burundi. “This will boost tourism & trade and easing of forex bureau controls also the operationalization of Ruhwa one-stop border post will boost Burundi-Rwanda trade,” said the EABC...

With Burundi law prohibiting the importation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), experts have warned that lack of proper equipment may see GMOs imported in the country. On October 8th, 2022 Burundi received a batch of 120 tonnes of PAN 53 maize seed. However Willy Irakoze a Research director at the Burundi Institute of Agronomic...

Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) experts in East Africa have been called upon to develop locally relevant content, applications and services so as to make ICT meaningful in the daily lives and operations of people and organisations in the region. Tanzania’s Minister for ICT, Nape Moses Nnauye, said that to make ICT relevant in...

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame while addressing the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Kigali, called for the East African Community member states to have political will in order to implement the East African Community protocols. “The EAC is currently under funded, delay in implementation of projects and programs, as partners we must work together...