President Kagame visits Kagitumba-Mirama Hills One Stop Border Post, Commends its role in easing cross border trade
Kagitumba, Rwanda, February 13th 2017: H.E President Paul Kagame today visited the newly operational One Stop Border Post (OSBP) facilities at Kagitumba, Nyagatare district at the border between Rwanda and Uganda. The OSBP started operations in December 2015 and has already resulted in a 25% reduction in clearing time from 5 hours to 3.45 hours. TradeMark Africa […]
SWEDISH DELEGATION TOURS TRADE FACILITATION PROJECTS IN SOUTHERN TANZANIA
Songwe – February 1, 2017 – A Swedish delegation led by the Director General for Trade in the Swedish Ministry Foreign Affairs, Ms Karin Olofsdotter, and the Director General for International Development Cooperation, Johannes Oljelund and the Swedish Ambassador to Tanzania, H.E Katarina Rangnitt visited the Tunduma One Stop Border Post (OSBP) currently under construction. The […]
FINLAND GRANTS €9.8 MILLION TO TRADEMARK EAST AFRICA TO TRADE FACILITATION AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EAST AFRICA
Nairobi – January 24, 2017 – Finland has granted 9.8 million Euros to TradeMark Africa (TMA) to support its work in enhancing trade across the East African Community to increase prosperity in the region. The agreement will advance common goals of increasing trade within East Africa by reducing the time and cost of transiting and transporting […]