Wednesday, July 6, 2011

THE AFRICAN NEWS TODAY

East Africa Economic Landscape 2011

The East Africa region as represented by the East Africa Community (EAC) is a political and trade bloc made up of five countries – Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi. All countries have undergone political and economic reforms in the last decade and are growing economically.

In 2009, the presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi signed into effect a common market protocol which will see goods, services, and labor flow through the region unhampered.

The region is regularizing the customs union, which allows for a common external tariff for goods coming into the EAC, which was a necessary precursor to the common market.


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Mead: A Sweet Opportunity for African Winery

Makana uses the indigenous Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis, which occurs throughout the southern part of South Africa.

“The beekeepers we’ve trained are all independent and we encourage them to sell their honey into the local

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Kickstarting New Markets for Renewable Energy with Microfinance

Projects to fight climate change are being designed all around the world. But only five percent of them can be financed with the current international funds available, which means resources have to be used more wisely. Microfinance could be one

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Zimbabwean Teen New Face of Louis Vuitton

Matonhodze, who was one of the finalists in the UK Elite Model Look in 2009, had been toying with the idea of modelling since she was 12, but was eventually convinced after watching the TV show America’s Next Top Model.

“Since I was 12 I

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