Francis Ayieko (East African)-- Five African regional organisations have agreed to jointly tackle issues that lead to high costs of doing business on the continent.
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David Muwanga (Busiweek)-- Ministers from the five member states of the East African Community (EAC) have signed the Common Market Protocol paving way for free movement of goods, labour and services. However, the protocol will have to undergo fine-tuning by the attorneys general of the member states after which it will go to the EAC council for approval and then signed by the heads of states on November 20.
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(PANA)-- African countries are ready to play their roles in the establishment of a new South-South cooperation model with Latin America, the chairman the African Union (AU) Commission, Jean Ping, said as the 2nd Africa-South
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(IRIN)-- Rapid urbanisation is fuelling poverty among the urban poor in Kenya, an estimated four million people, almost a third of whom are in the capital Nairobi and unable to meet basic nutritional, health and other needs, says a new report.
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