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Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau has said money for the construction of a dual carriage road from Moi International Airport to Changamwe in Mombasa has been secured. The CS added that the ministry would next week float the tender for the project. Eng Kamau said Trademark East Africa ( TMA ) has already approved the […]
Chambers of Commerce from across East Africa and their members are being offered an opportunity to develop trade and commercial ties at a Global Trade Forum set to take place in Kampala on June 18. Olive Kigongo, the President, Uganda National Chamber of Commerce (UNCCI) who also serves as Vice-Chair of the East Africa Business […]
Kenya has launched an online cargo clearance system to boost operations at the port of Mombasa and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) The Electronic Single Window System, also known as Kenya TradeNet System, is expected to make it easier and cheaper for traders to clear their goods in the east African country. “With the […]
The importer in Kenya was required — prior to verification to apply for, process and forward to the PSI company an Import Declaration Form (IDF) — which acts as an import licence detailing the value of the goods to be imported and other descriptions. The form costs Sh5,000. On importation of the goods, a fee […]
The government through the Ministry of Transport has allocated land that will be used as a dry port to serve land-locked countries using Dar es Salaam port. The decision to allocate 160 hectares of land along Mandela Expressway in Dar es Salaam aims at increasing efficiency of the port. The Minister for Transport, Dr Harrison […]
The State is fast-tracking the establishment of three special economic zones (SEZs) in Kisumu, Mombasa and Lamu. The manufacturing facilities to be set up within these zones, including textile factories, are expected to create a million jobs yearly. Â Parliament is also expected to pass a law establishing SEZs by the end of this month. […]
Trade between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda is to be expanded thanks to the injection of $1 million to ease procedures. TradeMark Africa (TMA) through the Contribution Agreement under TradeMark Africa (TMA) dubbed ‘Linking East to West’, is supporting Rwanda’s trade competitiveness between East African Community and the DRC. Belgium and the […]
Tanzania has overtaken other East African Community (EAC) countries in recording a positive balance of trade last year. Provisional data for 2013, shows that the value of Tanzania’s exports was $1,120.1 million, which is an increase of 82 % from $613.30 million in 2012 and $409 million in 2011, the EAC ministry in Tanzania indicated. […]
The signing of the highly anticipated trade agreement between the East African Community and the European Union has been delayed again. At the latest EAC Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment meeting in Arusha on May 30, the ministers pushed the final negotiations to July 14 due to meetings scheduled on the national […]
East African Community partner states posted progress in eliminating non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the first five months of the year with the number of new barriers falling gradually, which reduced the cost of doing business and opened up more opportunities across the bloc. But the five countries of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi continued […]