Tanna has revealed that exports of goods and services have increased by 204 per cent, from US$5.93 billion in 2022 to US$18.04 billion in 2026, driven by gold, coffee, cocoa, sugar, fish and manufactured products. Free Zone exports reached US$1.37 billion, while Foreign Direct Investment stood at approximately US$3.2 billion.
Speaker Oboth said the institute will henceforth become a central engine for training, research, and capacity building, with cooperation and technical support from the German Parliament under a planned Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The EASF, which was established in 2007 and reached full operational capability in December 2015, is the product of several factors that have defined regional integration in the field of peace and security in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, including long-standing and continuing tensions between countries of the region and the threats to peace and security with internal wars, environmental degradation, terrorism, and unconstitutional changes of government notwithstanding.