DRC and TMA to begin construction of the One-Stop Border Post (OSPB) at Mahagi, Ituri
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and TradeMark Africa (TMA) signed a contract to begin construction of the One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Mahagi in Ituri Province, on the border with Uganda on April 16, 2020. The estimated nine-month project is co-financed by the Netherlands, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the British Department for International […]
The EU supports TradeMark Africa with EUR 5 million to guarantee safe trade in Kenya
The EU supports TradeMark Africa with EUR 5 million to guarantee safe trade in Kenya TradeMark Africa (TMA) and the European Union have this afternoon signed a €5 million agreement to support the Safe Trade Emergency Facility being implemented by TMA in the region, in the presence of the Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade & […]
LOOKING INWARDS Coronavirus: The pandemic doesn’t mean AfCFTA is on lockdown
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is one of the greatest examples of Pan-Africanism since the creation of the African Union (AU). The agreement has acquired the signatures of 54 of the AU’s 55 member-states, bringing together an impressive domestic market of more than 1.2 billion people with a collective GDP of $2.6tn. The […]
Kenya Is Losing Sh100B In Revenue To Counterfeit Businesses, Report Says
Nairobi, June 10th, 2020: The Anti-Counterfeit Authority has released findings of a National Baseline Survey on the extent of counterfeit and other forms of illicit trade in Kenya. The purpose of the study is to determine the extent and magnitude of illicit trade in the country. According to the study conducted between October 2019 and […]
FEAFFA lobby for joined logistics approach and cost-effective measures to tackle Covid-19 pandemic
Logistics industry stakeholders in the East African Community (EAC) have renewed push to contain further spread of the novel coronavirus by adopting containment measures, while ensuring that the region continues to get vital supplies and inputs through the Central and Northern transport corridors. This follows emerging data that revealed that long distance truck drivers are […]
TradeMark Africa (TMA) and the World Food Programme (WFP) partner to deliver critical protective equipment at Malaba and Busia Borders to ensure safe trade
Transport and trade routes are believed to be major infection conduits and present a significant threat to the entire East Africa region, disrupting health, the economy, and regional and national economic supply chains. Governments have responded by introducing important and essential containment measures that must be implemented on the main trade corridors to make them […]
Cutting red tape for resilient trade, one procedure at a time
Simplification works. Exporters, and importers of fresh or dry produce to Kenya are required to register with Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS). Until recently, this registration took between 10 to 28 days with the traders completing a total of 10 steps and filling in 13 documents. A time-consuming effort that was also costly. Simplification […]
How to Make Trade Safe in Africa
Frank Matsaert and Erastus Mwencha On February 27th, 2020 Nigeria confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since then, the COVID-19 virus has spread to all corners of the Continent with the number of infections increasing exponentially, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti. Even before the […]
Building bold businesswomen, one at a time
The Editorial of Burundi’s Jimbere Magazine recently remarked that the TradeMark Africa (TMA) Women in Trade programme has, “Offered hundreds of Burundian women and girls the opportunity to learn and achieve their dreams. It has restored their pride in earning incomes, enabling them to become taxpayers and therefore contribute to the development of the country. Before […]
COVID-19 accelerates greater trade coordination in East Africa
It took a traffic jam of a couple thousand trucks at the Malaba border between Kenya and Uganda to fully visualize both the health and trade issues at stake when borders operate at optimum.The COVID-19 crisis has revealed both hairline fractures along borders in East Africa and the potential to solve them through better regional […]