Tanzania renews its pledge to strengthen East African unity
Tanzania has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing regional integration through education, science, culture, and sports, underscoring the sectors’ role in driving inclusive growth across the East African Community (EAC).
Speaking at the 20th Sectoral Council of Ministers’ Meeting on Education, Science, and Technology, Culture, and Sports, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Dennis Londo, representing Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, stated that Tanzania remains committed to strengthening collaboration with EAC partners to accelerate socio-economic development, as reported by the Daily News.
The meeting, held with ministers, permanent secretaries, and education leaders from all EAC member states, addressed regional priorities ranging from harmonising education standards to boosting innovation, cultural exchange, and youth engagement through sports.
“Tanzania will continue working with partner states to ensure these sectors foster prosperity for all East Africans,” Londo said, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation.
The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental bloc comprising seven countries: Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with its headquarters located in Arusha, Tanzania.
First established in 1967 and revived in 2000, the EAC is home to nearly 300 million people with a combined GDP of about $305 billion, according to the EAC Secretariat. The bloc is working toward deeper integration through a customs union, a common market, a planned monetary union, and an eventual political federation.
Seen as one of Africa’s fastest-growing regional organisations, the EAC plays a critical role in boosting intra-African trade, harmonising policies on infrastructure and security, and contributing to the African Union’s broader integration agenda.
The reaffirmation comes amid calls by the African Union and development partners such as UNESCO for regional bodies to scale up investment in education and innovation to meet the continent’s youth-driven demographic challenge.
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