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East Africa: EAC Monetary Union - a Formidable Rival to the Eurozone?
Fahamu, 18 December 2013
The East African Community (EAC) modeled on the EU has enormous potential and resources. Resolving political differences and harmonizing with other regional blocks remains the… Read more »
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East Africa: Currencies Acceptable in All EAC States
Daily News, 11 March 2014
RESIDENTS of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania will now be able to travel with their respective national currencies in other East African Community (EAC) countries and… Read more »
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East Africa: EAC Cross-Border Payments Easier
EA Business, 26 January 2014
Last month, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda quietly linked their Real Time Gross Settlement systems. Perhaps because it came so close to the festive season, the general public did not… Read more »
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East Africa: EAC Banks Adopt Regional Payment System
Daily News, 31 January 2014
THE Bank of Tanzania (BoT) announced that the East African Payment System (EAPS) has started operating and will enhance cross border payments and boost trade within the region. Read more »
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East Africa: Monetary Union - Experts to Discuss the Way Forward
New Times, 10 January 2014
After the signing of the Monetary Union under the East African Community (EAC), experts will now meet to discuss the next step towards full implementation of the protocol that… Read more »
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East Africa: Food Security Vital for EAC Monetary Union
Daily News, 20 December 2013
WITH the signing of the Monetary Union Protocol in Kampala last month, it can be rightly said that the co-operation and integration process in East Africa has come to a very… Read more »
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East Africa: Local Units Boosted As EAC Awaits Single Currency
New Times, 17 December 2013
As the region waits for the launch of East Africa's single currency in 2024, there are on-going efforts to increase availability of national currencies to business people going… Read more »
East Africa to Accept Regional Currencies
Residents of East Africa will now be able to travel and use their national currencies in any of the countries within the region.InFocus
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has become the first East African to use his identity card at Kigali International Airport to cross the border into Uganda. His Kenyan counterpart ... Read more »
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Citizens from the five East African countries will be able to travel using a modern regional travel document come the year 2015. Read more »
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Ministers from Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda have approved issuing a single tourist visa and use of national identity cards as travel documents. Read more »
