East Africa – New Business Ethiopia

ITC expands East Africa, India business partnerships

January 28, 2019February 1, 2019 newbusinessethiopia

For the past few years Indian private sector has been partnering with East Africa countries on selected investment areas under a project initiated by the Geneva based International Trade Center (ITC).

Eastern Africa gets strategy to accelerate economic transformation

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 newbusinessethiopia

The African Development Bank has approved the East Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) laying out the roadmap for accelerating regional integration in the Region with regional infrastructure development among the main pillars of the plan.

How sea-based drug trade undermines democracy

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 newbusinessethiopia

The east African coast plays an increasingly significant role in the global heroin trade. Heroin is shipped from Afghanistan via a network of maritime routes stretching along East and Southern Africa. Known as the ‘southern route’, this trade corridor is increasingly used by drug traffickers as a route for illicit shipment to Western Europe.