All hail the United states of Africa!
Manish K. Pandey | August 2016 Issue | The Dollar Business The 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which was held on July 17, 2016 in Kigali (the capital city of Rwanda), was not so ordinary by any means. After all, it was the start of the Pan-Africanism – an African Union on the lines of European Union (well, not literally if you consider Brexit!). The event was marked by the launch of the African Union (AU) passport aimed at facilitating the free movement of people within the continent. Idriss Deby Itno, Chairperson, African Union and President of the Republic of Chad, and Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda became the first ...
Indian exporters require a strategy to tap the East African market
Prof. A.K. Sen Gupta | The Dollar Business The realisation of a large regional economic bloc with a combined population of more than 141.1 million people, land area of 1.82 million sq.km and a combined Gross Domestic Product of $99.8 billion, bears great strategic and geopolitical significance and prospects of a renewed and reinvigorated East African Community (EAC). The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community was signed on November 30, 1999 and entered into force on July 7, 2000 following its ratification by the original three Partner States ...
