Qalaa Holdings’ Tawazon in Egypt announced signing a US$ 50 million, five-year contract with Ethiopia’s Messebo Cement to supply 100,000 tons of biomass annually which will be used as a source of energy to replace coal. As stipulated by the agreement between the two companies, Tawazon’s Waste Management subsidiary known …

East Africa Entrepreneurs Association (EAEA) is seeking  part-time Membership Relations Officers to manage membership and act as the primary interface with its members under a new structure from 1 July 2018. About EAEA East Africa Entrepreneurs Association (EAEA) is a regional business confederation composed of entrepreneurs involved in the running …

The ILO “Meeting Point” on South-South and triangular cooperation was modernized and now presents a series of new features. Its interface was enhanced to become more user-friendly, intuitive and dynamic, as well as to automatically adapt to smartphones and tablets. In addition, the new library provides an easier and simpler …

Uganda has passed the controversial 1% Mobile Money Tax. The excise duty amendment bill 2018 that seeks to place a 1% tax on every transaction made by phone users on Mobile money platforms has been passed by Ugandan Parliament. Government says the amendment in the tax regime will help mobilize …

Kenya is calling for further efforts to control expenditure at the African Union (AU), even as it struggles to pay up its membership fees to the continental body. Ahead of the African Union Summit due on Sunday in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma told …

Sustainable Development Goals Present New Opportunities for Businesses By Ghada Hammouda At a recent meeting of the newly established UN Global Compact Network Egypt where I participated as one of the group’s founding members, one of the most important topics discussed was the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals SDG’s and their …

Crackdown on suspected dirty sugar in Kenya has continued with police impounding a number of trucks ferrying the sweetener in Rongo, Migori County. The standards Act under section 9, criminalizes the manufacturing of sugar under the conditions that the contraband sugar was being produced. The businessmen didn’t comply with the …

At least  shs22 billion is expected to be spent on improving roads in Arusha through phase phase two of Tanzania strategic cities project (TSCP). Phase two of the project will also involve the improvement of the drainage systems, construction of solid waste dam in Muriet and containers for the same. …

East Africa Entrepreneurs Association (EAEA) is a regional business confederation composed of Entrepreneurs involved in the running of business enterprises in East Africa. We are committed to ensure that our members, who span from Micro, Small, Medium and large corporations, take advantage of business opportunities locally, regionally and internationally. Our …

East Africa Entrepreneurs Association wishes to inform its members that Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) is organizing a grand Exhibition and Forum in Tangerang, Indonesia, October 24-28, 2018. TEI is an international B2B-focused tradeshow that is designed to boost export product growth and export market expansion. The 33rd TEI in 2018 …