/-/2456/2456/-/1bxxmm/-/index.html http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda+launches+pilot+online+trade+window/-/2558/1322514/-/1rg0mp/-/index.html The electronic single window allows information and administrative requirements for imports and exports to be submitted at a single entry point online. 2012-02-08T08:34:49Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda+reduces+poverty+by+11+8+pc/-/2558/1321310/-/f8dy3q/-/index.html One million Rwandans have emerged out of poverty in the last five years, six times faster than the country has achieved between 2000 and 2006, a new survey of household living conditions in Rwanda indicates. 2012-02-06T13:36:03Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Top+US+Diplomat+Leads+Energy+Investors+Visit+to+Dar/-/2558/1320734/-/1gg14xz/-/index.html Executives of some leading US energy companies are scheduled to arrive in Tanzania on February 8 to explore opportunities for investing in power-generation and fuel-supply projects, a State Department official said on Saturday. 2012-02-05T14:46:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1320724/-/n207u5z/-/index.html Nation Media Group (NMG), the Kenyan based leading media house in East and Central Africa has ventured into Rwanda with a new radio station-98.7 KFM that intends to 'shake things up' in the market by setting new standards in broadcasting. 2012-02-05T14:37:36Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Africa+needs++4b+to+bridge+Global+Fund+shortfall+/-/2558/1320642/-/tq9hg3z/-/index.html The UNAids is proposing that African countries need to come up with new ways of mobilising for funds 2012-02-05T12:38:18Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Money+markets+nervous+ahead+of+off+shore+loan+/-/2558/1320638/-/d9aw21z/-/index.html Kenya had initially planed to issue a euro bond but opted out due to unpredictable conditions in the international financial markets 2012-02-05T12:36:25Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/US+sees+Djibouti+base+as+central+to+its+plans+/-/2558/1320628/-/git7hs/-/index.html Camp Lemonnier’s growing prominence reflects its acquired role as the de facto operational centre in Africa for Africom 2012-02-05T12:32:31Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/An+undecided+AU+hands+Jean+Ping+6+more+months++/-/2558/1320616/-/qm82coz/-/index.html Sources say he was confident of winning but for intense lobbying by powerful nations 2012-02-05T12:28:57Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Pay+traders+over+chaos+EABC+tells+Kenya+/-/2558/1320606/-/6glxdpz/-/index.html The 2007/2008 post election violence is said to have lowered EAC economic growth by 1.5 pc 2012-02-05T12:25:22Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda+to+upgrade+prisons+/-/2558/1320598/-/5xlmiwz/-/index.html Rwanda is set to overhaul its prisons to improve living conditions for inmates across the country. 2012-02-05T12:17:12Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Dar+faces+budget+cuts+as+donors+slash+funding+xxxxxx+/-/2558/1320596/-/15mpr55z/-/index.html Tanzania will be forced to scale down its expenditure after donors announced huge cuts in budget financing as the ongoing global financial slowdown takes a toll on big economies. 2012-02-05T11:44:08Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Campaign+finance+law+bars+foreign+cash+/-/2558/1320590/-/w8wp0lz/-/index.html Two new laws could force parties and candidates to disclose the source and amount of private contributions, and cap the amount that individuals can contribute to an election campaign. 2012-02-05T11:37:51Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Govt+MPs+face+off+over+new+electricity+tariffs+/-/2558/1320588/-/fpy389z/-/index.html Umeme says the new tariffs will be implemented because the Treasury needs the money to pay subsidies 2012-02-05T11:33:36Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Tanzania+probes+loss+of+over++54m+meant+for+IPTL/-/2558/1320584/-/g3en2p/-/index.html An audit report details wasteful procedures and overvaluation of the money paid for the supply of heavy fuel from a local oil firm 2012-02-05T11:24:40Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Campaign+finance++Price+tag+of+Kenya+2012+presidential+race/-/2558/1320582/-/vs3x00/-/index.html A survey shows the 2007 general election was the most expensive in the country’s history, where close to $75 million was spent by the main presidential contenders, Mr Odinga and President Kibaki 2012-02-05T11:20:10Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda+petitions+AU+UN+over+indictments+/-/2558/1320578/-/w9s474/-/index.html Although the French indictments now lie in a shambles they have not been officially withdrawn 2012-02-05T11:06:57Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Insurer+opens+shop+in+Rwanda+Burundi+/-/2560/1320576/-/13d7cor/-/index.html ATI is keen to grow a pipeline of business in energy, ICT, infrastructure, hotel, tourism and transport sectors 2012-02-05T10:59:31Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/PE+now+invests+in+environment+/-/2560/1320574/-/kmucs3/-/index.html Investments by the GEF Africa Sustainable Forestry Fund will range from $15 million to $30 million 2012-02-05T10:56:25Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Tanzania+to+build++40m+mall+in+Nairobi+/-/2560/1320572/-/y8523qz/-/index.html The 26-storey complex to be built in Upper Hill, will also house the country’s Chancery 2012-02-05T10:52:56Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Oil+refinery+status+upgrade+to+cost++40m++/-/2560/1320570/-/gbvu7g/-/index.html The refinery is struggling to become a merchant plant importing its own crude for processing 2012-02-05T10:49:15Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Why+it+is+the+wrong+time+to+be+in+finance+director/-/2560/1320566/-/basqptz/-/index.html Threatened corporate profits are forcing company finance heads to make tough choices in re-engineering their strategies to reduce exposure to risks and appease shareholders with the forecast of a difficult year in mind. 2012-02-05T10:44:32Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Umeme+set+for+dual+listing+in+Kenya++Uganda+/-/2560/1320564/-/15ooaj7/-/index.html The firm is targeting a cross-border IPO to secure liquidity of the stock in the secondary market 2012-02-05T10:39:30Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Kenya+fund+managers+face+tough+times+in+a+bear+market++/-/2560/1320560/-/b1p1mi/-/index.html Rising inflation could further depress investments, reducing returns for pensioners 2012-02-05T10:34:55Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/-/434748/1319986/-/6ipftd/-/index.html Fidel Castro on the USA’s republican Nomination Race: ‘the greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance the world has ever seen’   America’s Republicans Are choosing who their man will be (No women have a chance this time Of winning any Primaries!)   Ron Paul, a Libertarian, Is standing for the umpteenth time; He thinks the State is far too large, That taxes are a sort of crime!   And Newt, the Roman Catholic, Believes Obama’s laws restrict The freedoms of ‘us Christian folk’, So has vowed to get them all revoked.   Santorum, an evangelist, Believes that evolution ain’t Appropriate for kids to learn: He’ll not evolve to President!   Mitt Romney is a square-chinned type With bags of cash and lots of hype; My guess is that he’ll get to run, But Obama’ll still be Number One! 2012-02-04T07:59:41Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/OpEd/comment/AU+defence+of+Bashir+et+al+has+sinister+echoes/-/434750/1319976/-/716rl9/-/index.html The African Union has just held its annual heads of state and government summit in Addis Ababa. No one, in good faith, can say that the AU has not come a long way since its transformation from the OAU, that prodigiously inept body. The AU has made progress on a number of key fronts: 2012-02-04T07:22:57Z