"The EAC’s dynamism has helped to propel efforts toward the most ambitious African trade project yet: the so-called Tripartite Free Trade Area, which has been proposed to encompass the existing regional economic blocs of the South African Development Community (SADC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the EAC. Momentum in this direction seems to have finally brought the goal of a continental economic initiative within reach or at least within sight." (Quoted from article)