‘Eastern Africa’ Archives
East Africa: Regional Integration and Infrastructure
The thirteen countries of East Africa – Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda – have overlapping memberships of varying degrees in six of the eight RECs recognized by the AU. Thus, this makes harmonization quite complex. The countries of Burundi, [...]
Hydropower Potential in East Africa
The African continent faces the same immense challenges as the rest of the world - ensuring security of energy supply, nurturing economic growth, and meeting environmental obligations such as reducing carbon emissions. Hydropower is one means which can help achieve these goals. It is a means to power African industry and boost gross domestic [...]
Sub-Saharan Africa Infrastructure Updates 2011
In 2011, the World Bank did a series of working papers on the status of infrastructure in many Sub-Saharan African countries and regions. These working papers help identify progress, challenges, gaps and opportunities for business, trade, and investment. Find links to the working papers below. Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso [...]
East African Countries Drive Geothermal Development
United Nations climate talks ended last week in South Africa and the United States and China played chicken on who would take the lead in stewarding the environment well while also driving economic development. Quietly, Kenya has signed major deals just this year that will see the opening of at least three plants that will grow [...]
East Africa: Key Sectors and Business Environment in 2011
Agriculture is the largest sector for all countries in the EAC. Total sector contribution is about one third of total GDP for every country in the region. Agriculture, and related industries, is also a major foreign exchange earner and employer of labor. Countries in this region are major producers of tea, coffee, flowers, [...]
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, [...]
