East African Community

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of 6 member States re-established on 7 July 2000 via a treaty for a new regional organisation with a mission to widen and deepen economic, political, social, and cultural integration to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value-added production, trade, and investments.EAC member states are the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The vision of EAC is to be a prosperous, competitive, secure, stable, and politically united East Africa. The Community’s official language is English, with about 177 million people and a total land area of 2.5 million square kilometres.

The Community has several semi-autonomous institutions that help it implement its mandate. These EAC institutions include the Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA); the East African Competition Authority (EACA); the East African Development Bank (EADB); the East African Health Research Commission (EAHRC); the East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC); the East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO); the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA); the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC); and the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO).