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When recently President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Pierre Nkuruzinza of Burundi officially flagged off two sets of block trains along the Central Corridor to Ishaka and Bujumbura respectively, it signalled Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete’s determination to remove non tariff barriers (NTBs). Block trains give bulk shippers opportunities to save on transport costs and […]
All eyes were in Dar es Salaam last week as leaders of East African Community launched construction of the East Africa’s Central Corridor railway-line that will link up land-locked countries of the region to the port of Dar es Salaam. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi flagged […]
KAMPALA, Uganda – Transport costs in East Africa are around 60% higher than those in the United States or Europe and this is complicated by the many underdeveloped supply chains which keeps rates up. The British government’s Department for International Development (DfID) has come up with a $16 million fund to pay for ideas that […]
Two more State agencies will fully integrate their operations with the single online portal for lodging trade documents by the end of the month, raising hope for further improvements in the clearance of cargo. Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade), the State agency charged with implementing the single electronic window system (SWS), said the Pests Control […]
More than 30 private sector companies have so far applied for grants in the first round of TradeMark Africa’s Logistics Innovation for Trade, or LIFT, fund, which was launched in Europe last month. With such funds typically attracting a deluge of applications in the final days before a round closes, many more are expected to […]
East African traders will have access to a wider market following the adoption of a uniform value addition regime by three economic blocs in Africa. Twenty-six African countries, that are members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa), the South African Development Community (SADC) and the East Africa Community (EAC), adopted the […]
KIGALI, Rwanda – President Paul Kagame has welcomed the private sector as a formal partner in realizing the objectives of the Northern Corridor Project Initiative. The Initiative is intended to mainly streamline logistics along the main trunk route between Mombasa and the East African hinterland. “I am thankful to the Heads of State who have […]
The vision of free cross-border movement within the 19-member Comesa bloc has drawn closer to reality after three more states scrapped the visa requirement for travellers. Mauritius, Rwanda and Seychelles have scrapped visas on nationals of Comesa member states while Zambia has issued a circular waiving visas for the region’s citizens who travel for official […]
The vision of free cross-border movement within the 19-member Comesa bloc has drawn closer to reality after three more states scrapped the visa requirement for travellers. Mauritius, Rwanda and Seychelles have scrapped visas on nationals of Comesa member states while Zambia has issued a circular waiving visas for the region’s citizens who travel for official […]
Three little boys in Kigali are sharing a lollipop. They lick it in turns. The lollipop is imported, so 45 per cent of its cost is due to transport and allied costs. It may have been made in Kenya or Tanzania or even farther afield, and it has travelled thousands of kilometres and crossed several […]
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