scholarly journals Opening Up African Skies: The Case of Airline Industry Liberalization in East Africa

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evaristus M. Irandu
Keyword(s):  
Airline Industry ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Export Trade ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Air Transport Industry ◽  
Transport Industry ◽  
African Community ◽  
Opening Up

The three member states of the East African Community (EAC) have made great efforts in modernizing their air transport industry in order to meet the increased demand for international tourism and horticultural export trade. The policy adopted by the sub-region, at independence, to regulate the airline industry was the bilateralism approach with emphasis on reciprocity. Such a policy became a bottleneck in the development of the air transport industry in the sub-region. It became apparent that the EAC member states needed efficient air services and not airlines that served mainly as status symbols. However, the last decade witnessed the liberalization of the aviation sector in the sub-region. This liberalization process is part of a proactive policy to encourage global investment in the sub-region. This has led to the adoption of the Yamoussoukro Decision, which calls for the opening of the African skies. This paper, therefore, critically discusses the process of the airline industry liberalization and its prospects for success in the sub-region.

scholarly journals African Union Counterterrorism Frameworks and Implementation Trends among Member States of the East African Community

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tochukwu Omenma ◽  
Moses Onyango
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
African Union ◽  
Sinai Peninsula ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
African Community ◽  
The Cost

Attacks from violent extremist organisations have reached unprecedented levels in Africa. Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Islamic State and Sinai Peninsula activities account for the majority of high attacks and fatality rates. Their membership cuts across national borders; some have established a presence in local communities, while others are controlling territories in a number of states. This continues to happen despite regional measures such as the Algiers Plan of Action on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism (2002) and the African Model Anti-Terrorism Law (2011) to contain the activities of violent extremist groups on the continent. The prevailing argument shows that the African Union has initiated several legislations and protocols to contain terrorism on the continent, but the Union lacks the capacity to enforce legislations. Relying on the cost–benefit theoretical explication, we conclude that member states of the East African Community prefer to partner with external organisations in counterterrorism programmes which result in conflicting cross-border rules and challenges in countering violent extremism in Africa.

Sustainable Development Goals and Their Implication on Economic Growth

2018 ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Mangasini Atanasi Katundu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
East African ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
East African Community ◽  
African Community ◽  
Development Goals

The MDGs have been criticised for being too narrow and leaving out many people and their needs, like mental health. Likewise, not all MDGs were implemented successfully in all countries. Some countries implemented one or two MDGs of their choice and left others untouched, others partially implemented all MDGs. It was on this basis that the UN member states met in Rio to frame the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in order for the SDGs to address systemic challenges across economic, social, and ecological dimensions of sustainable development they require appropriate institutional support to effectively integrate them into institutions and practices, to coordinate activities, and to mobilize resources for implementation. Rising income inequality negatively impacts economic growth and is threatening sustainable development of East African Community (EAC) member states. Since, the SDGs are many, it is recommended that, East African Member states should adopt a targeted approach in implementing the SDGs and focus on the smallholder farming sector.

Green Public Procurement Initiatives in East African Community (EAC)

2019 ◽  
pp. 148-162
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Union ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Public Financial Management ◽  
African Community ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Procurement Reform

This chapter focuses on the green public procurement initiatives taken by the countries in the East Africa. The East African Community (EAC) Head of States signed the East African Monetary Protocol Union (EMPU) protocol on November 30, 2013. One of the key ingredients in having a sustainable monetary union is to harmonize public financial management systems amongst the EAC Partner States and the EAMU protocol has referred the provision of harmonization of public procurement policies. The first stakeholder' workshop on the harmonization of public financial management standards in line with the EAC Monetary Union Protocol held during March 14-17, 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya identified green public procurement (GPP) strategy as one of the key policy areas requiring development and harmonization across the member states. This initiative should also be viewed in the context of the Member States' Public Procurement Reform Initiatives, which contains a suite of measures in relation to public procurement. Reform of the public procurement function is, and remains, driven by the need to obtain maximum value for public money in procuring works, supplies, and services.

scholarly journals East African Community Regional Integration: Private Investment Implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Naftaly Mose ◽  
Irene Keino ◽  
G. Yoganandan ◽  
Oladipo Olaniyan ◽  
Thabani Nyoni
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Investment Model ◽  
Regression Result ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
African Community

The objective of regional integration is the attainment of long-run economic growth for member countries. Private investments are decisive in attaining this objective, given the high dependence of EAC member states on state-owned investment. This has been attributed to the economic policies implemented by the government which favors state-owned investment. Further, existing empirical studies have been unable to determine whether trade liberalization advances or obstructs the accumulation of private and foreign investment. This study, assuming a random effect assumption, attempts to estimate the private investment model in EAC member states using the panel least squares technique for the period 1981-2015. The panel random effect regression result reveals that East African Community regional integration has had a significant impact on private investment build-up owing to the presence of third-country investors not currently established inside the EAC region. This study, therefore, recommends any policy agenda aimed at deepening regional integration through guaranteeing an appropriate business environment for enabling free movement of factors of production, population, and goods and services.

scholarly journals A nők és a földkérdés a Kelet-afrikai Közösség tagállamaiban

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2.) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Judit Bagi
Keyword(s):  
South Sudan ◽  
Land Ownership ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
Regional Comparison ◽  
African Community ◽  
Land Inheritance ◽  
The Way

In this paper I am introducing the change in women’s rights regarding land inheritance and the way it has impacted society in the member states of the East African Community. Besides presenting the results achieved, I am highlighting its inadequacies and the challenges yet to solve as well. Some interviews have aided my research, which I have conducted recently about the East African land inheritance situation with international Africa experts, and with the representative of the Rwandan Gender Monitoring Office in 2016. I am focusing on Rwanda, but also mentioning Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, and South Sudan due to the regional comparison of the relevant laws affecting land ownership and inheritance.

scholarly journals State of Cartographic Services among the East African Community Member States

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina N. Baariu ◽  
Galcano C. Mulaku ◽  
David N. Siriba
Keyword(s):  
Community Member ◽  
East African ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
African Community

The East African Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 204-222
Author(s):  
Frank Schimmelfennig ◽  
Thomas Winzen ◽  
Tobias Lenz ◽  
Jofre Rocabert ◽  
Loriana Crasnic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East African ◽  
African Region ◽  
Member States ◽  
East African Community ◽  
African Community ◽  
East African Region ◽  
Colonial Institutions ◽  
Legislative Assembly

The East African Community (EAC) was established in 1967, abolished ten years later, and re-established in 1999. In both cases, it included an international parliamentary institution, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). EALA is remarkable for its far-reaching legislative competencies. The EALA is best explained by a combination of diffusion and purpose. The chapter argues that the EAC builds on colonial institutions for the East African region, which were oriented towards establishing a federation and had always featured a legislative assembly. Member states followed this organizational template in both 1967 and 1999. Democratization, while not a cause of EALA itself, is shown to play a role in strengthening EALA in the 1999 treaty.

Sustainable Development Goals and Their Implication on Economic Growth

2022 ◽  
pp. 66-84
Author(s):  
Mangasini Atanasi Katundu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
East African ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
East African Community ◽  
African Community ◽  
Development Goals

The MDGs have been criticised for being too narrow and leaving out many people and their needs, like mental health. Likewise, not all MDGs were implemented successfully in all countries. Some countries implemented one or two MDGs of their choice and left others untouched, others partially implemented all MDGs. It was on this basis that the UN member states met in Rio to frame the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, in order for the SDGs to address systemic challenges across economic, social, and ecological dimensions of sustainable development they require appropriate institutional support to effectively integrate them into institutions and practices, to coordinate activities, and to mobilize resources for implementation. Rising income inequality negatively impacts economic growth and is threatening sustainable development of East African Community (EAC) member states. Since, the SDGs are many, it is recommended that, East African Member states should adopt a targeted approach in implementing the SDGs and focus on the smallholder farming sector.

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