East African Community2023-07-282023-07-282017East African Community. (2017). Draft EAC trade and investment report 2016: theme: linking EAC to the global economy. EAC Secretariathttps://doi.org/10.60682/49wd-ar80Annual reportThe East African Community (EAC) consists of five countries namely; Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. South Sudan was admitted to the EAC in 2016. The EAC has a population of about 168.2 million with a combined GDP of US$155.2 Billion. As one of the fastest growing regional integration, growth in the EAC was driven by a growing manufacturing sector characterised by industrial development in all the five countries as well as a buoyant services sector especially construction, tourism and financial services. EAC is one of the leading exporters of agricultural commodities including cotton, coffee and fish and discovered significant amounts of extractives resources including oil, gas, high value minerals and abundant renewable energy generation potential.enOther