IIDEA

IIDEA is a program that incubates small-scale regional integration projects by civil society, private sector and other interest groups in East Africa.

The Incubator for Integration and Development in East Africa (IIDEA) is a program spearheaded by the East African Community and its Regional Dialogue Committee. The program incubates small-scale regional integration projects which are proposed and implemented by civil society, private sector and other interest groups in East Africa.

13/12/2023

Met my Burundian friend and her family. What a lovely moment. We couldn't help hide the memories we shared in Arusha and of course the pain from parting from Arusha. Thanking God for the opportunity which is very precious. Thanks for the love and friendship. We love you too. We welcome you back to Arusha.

28/06/2022

LAUNCH OF BUY EAST AFRICA E-COMMERCE PLATFORM in RWANDA AND SOUTH SUDAN
The support from the GIZ-EAC in cooperation with the East African Community through the Incubator for Integration and Development for East Africa (IIDEA) has contributed to the development of the Buy East Africa E-commerce Platform for Agribusiness” to facilitate women and youth entrepreneurs of Rwanda and South Sudan. involved in bilateral cross border trade. This development of the e-commerce platform was implemented by AFRO ARK Rwanda, a youth and women led organization in collaboration with Resilience organization of South Sudan. Welcome to join the Buy East Africa E-commerce Platform launch, scheduled for 28th June 2022 at 2:00 PM Kigali Time through this link https://t.co/UE27DfI82E. Welcome to participate!
Read more about Buy East Africa at:
https://bit.ly/3bBaWTm

28/04/2022

The EAC Cross-Border Telemedicine Platform Project
Cross-border truckers, traders and border resident populations often have poor access to health care as a result of their remote residency. In addition, their work settings expose them to great medical risks. This increases the risk of cross border transmission of diseases and epidemics across East Africa, affecting integration efforts and cross-border trade. LyfPlus Limited is developing the ‘EAC Cross-Border Telemedicine Platform Project’, supported by IIDEA. This project aims at improving healthcare accessibility for pregnant women, children, cross-border truck drivers, traders, and border residents along the East African transport corridors and at border posts.
Learn more about their work at www.eaciidea.net.

11/04/2022

Unlocking Women’s Potential in Tourist Guiding in Uganda and Rwanda - A Project by Kigezi Biota Tours
Kigezi Biota Tours , in partnership with the Safari Guides Associations in both Uganda and Rwanda, have developed a project to foster the active involvement of trained female tour guides in the profession. Through apprenticeships and mentorships in tourist guiding, women acquire first hand practical, on-the-job experience and skills that will enable them to find employment with tour operators or as independent guides.
Learn more about them at www.eaciidea.org

06/04/2022

Buy East Africa e-Commerce Platform

AFRO ARK Organisation Rwanda and the Resilience Organization of South Sudan are jointly developing a digital platform called ‘Buy East Africa’. This platform connects women and youth entrepreneurs in agribusiness in and and enhances bilateral trade, replacing traditional laborious and costly business methods involving customers travelling from place to place looking for the products they need.
Read more on www.eaciidea.net

25/03/2022

Empowering Women Cross Border Traders to Seize Opportunities in the and
EASSI Eastern Africa Sub regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI), with support from GIZ-EAC IIDEA, has started a six-month project on ‘Positioning Women Cross Border Traders to Seize Opportunities in The East African Community and Africa Continental Free Trade Area.’
The project’s main objectives are to enhance participation of women cross-border traders in the AfCFTA, and to advocate for gender-sensitive policies and processes in the implementation of the AfCFTA.
EASSI’s research showed that women cross-border traders face gender-specific challenges such as information gaps on cross-border regulations and procedures, lack of information on markets, competition from big companies, high taxes, exploitation, delays at borders and sexual harassment. They also face barriers in accessing capital, credit and trading networks and trade in low incentive items such as produce and consumables.
Read more about the project on www.eaciidea.net

18/03/2022

Promoting East African Women Birders in Uganda and South Sudan
The Nimule-Elegu Project” under the Intra-Regional Trade Facility (IRTF) is training women bird watching guides to increase their participation in the tourism industry. Bird Uganda Safaris has been instrumental in training women in bird guiding in Uganda for almost 10 years and inspired similar clubs in Kenya and Rwanda.
Against this backdrop, Bird Uganda is now training women from the Uganda and South Sudan border communities in birdwatching, with the aim of forming a strong network of skilled women birders.
Read more on www.eaciidea.net.

11/03/2022

A New Prescription For More Effective Health Care in East Africa - IIDEA project by Advanced Smart Solutions Limited (ASSL).
In Kenya as well as in other East African countries, small clinics, pharmacies, and drug shops provide over 70% of Primary Health Care. Still, pharmacies lack an easy-to use tool that allows them to understand sales, margins, and stock-levels.
Read on https://www.eaciidea.net/ how ASSL is going to solve this problem.

04/03/2022

Ahadi Forum Tanzania : Bees and Honey for a Better Life
The project will improve the livelihood of 2,000 youth and women along the bee keeping value chain. New methods of beekeeping improve the quality of honey, increase the production capacity of local beekeepers and link the beekeepers to reliable markets in the EAC through a contract model.

Read more about AHADI Forums project on https://www.eaciidea.net.

23/02/2022

Latest IIDEA Projects Present Themselves
The latest batch of IIDEA projects is now in full swing realising the great ideas they developed to show the benefits of East African Integration to the citizens of East Africa.
Look at the latest projects in our Flipbook: https://bit.ly/36DSCGN
Learn more about IIDEA on the web site www.eaciidea.net

Address

EAC Headquarters, Former State Lodge, EAC Close
Arusha
P.O.BOX13854,

Telephone

+255272050288

Website

https://www.eaciidea.net/contact-us/

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