Kenya, Uganda deepen trade ties with the Busia One Stop Border Post
Edna Mudibo, a Kenyan smallscale trader in the border town of Busia who frequents Uganda, has found a renewed drive to carry on with her business and has ended years of cat and mouse games with police officers and border officials. This, thanks to a new initiative that further seeks to bolster trade relations between […]
Traders in Rwanda to access all information related to international trade online
Kigali, 29th March, 2018: Rwanda Revenue Authority in partnership with Trademark East Africa launches The Rwanda Trade Portal. The Rwanda Trade Information Portal is a fulfillment of the government of Rwanda’s obligations under the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to which Rwanda is a signatory. The Agreement obliges governments to be transparent […]
Zanzibar launches online food and drug regulatory services portal
Zanzibar, March 29, 2018: The regulation activities of food, drug, cosmetics and medical devices in Zanzibar will now be done online. So, will be the issuance of import and export permits for the said goods. This follows the roll out of the Zanzibar Food and Drug Agency e-portal, an online system that digitizes all processes related […]
Efficient border crossing to boost trade between Kenya and Uganda with launch of Busia one stop border post
Busia, February 24th, 2018: H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda joined by Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko, East African Community Secretary General, officially launched the Busia One Stop Border Post (OSBP) located on the Kenya/Uganda border, today. Construction of the Busia OSBP was carried […]
£ 211M UK investment in second phase of Trademark East Africa expected to create jobs, grow exports and reduce poverty in East Africa
Nairobi – January 22nd, 2018 – Visiting UK Secretary for International Development, Penny Mordaunt has announced a new package of support to TradeMark Africa for implementation of its Strategy2. The UK is significantly scaling up its support to trade and regional integration across East Africa, now providing a total of £ 211m to the second phase […]
Mark of trust: Rwanda expands global market access for local industry
Rwanda is a country of immense potential and countless opportunities.In December 2017, the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), received the endorsement of the Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA), creating access for Rwandan products to compete in international markets. The RVA is an internationally recognised standards accreditation body. Rwanda Standards Board has been working with TradeMark Africa (TMA), […]
Rwanda Standards Board Acquires International Accreditation of Food Safety Certification Schemes
Products will now find it easier to enter and compete in the international market following the accreditation of Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) byDutch Accreditation Council (RVA), an internationally recognised standards accreditation body. The news was announced today during the official launch of ‘Zamukana Ubuziranenge’, a new program that will assist the local industry to reach the desired […]
NORWAY GRANTS 50 MILLION NOWEGIAN KRONER TO TRADEMARK EAST AFRICA TO FACILITATE TRADE FACILITATION, GROW JOBS AND REDUCE POVERTY IN TANZANIA
December 6th, 2017 – Norway on Wednesday December 6th granted 50 million Norwegian Kroners (equivalent to 13.4 billion Tanzanian shillings) to TradeMark Africa (TMA) to support its work in enhancing trade across the East African Community to increase prosperity in the region. The agreement was signed by the Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania, Her Excellency Hanne-Marie Kaarstad […]
Raising the benchmark on environmental management: Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) seeks water harvesting solutions
The coastal city of Mombasa experiences heavy rains and flooding several times a year. Whenever the rains pound this historic destination, the storm water causes havoc sometimes resulting in loss of human life and destruction of property. Despite the constant flow of the mighty Tana River into the Indian Ocean and the huge volumes of […]
INFORMATION FOR TRADE (INFOTRADE) IN KENYA WEB PORTAL OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN A BID TO ENSURE INTERNATIONAL TRADE EFFICIENCY
Nairobi, Kenya, November 22nd, 2017 – Traders in Kenya stand to benefit from increased efficiency following launch of the Information for Trade in Kenya web portal (infotradekenya.go.ke), which has consolidated more than 120 documents and procedures required for import and export business in Kenya on one online platform. The portal is estimated to serve at least […]