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The reputation of Kenya’s horticulture exports to the European Union remains under threat as local dealers step up smuggling of rejected flowers and fruits to Europe. Data from European Food Safety Commission showed that 45 consignments of contaminated fresh produce sourced from Kenya were intercepted in the four months to April — cementing a trend […]
The trend for up-sizing on North-South routes, most visible on Far East-Latin America trades over the last couple of years, has not bypassed African trades, with a number of services to West Africa recently reorganised. Despite a variety of infrastructure challenges, the average size of vessels calling at African ports continues to increase, supported by […]
TANZANIA has outshined her East African Community (EAC) partner states in launching and executing electronic cargo systems around the region, Deputy Minister for East African Cooperation, Abdullah Juma-Saadala, has revealed here. Speaking during the ongoing East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sessions here, Dr Saadala noted that Tanzania was keen to reduce and significantly so, the […]
An African Union agency has adopted the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia (Lapsset) corridor among 16 flagship infrastructure projects , in what will see more foreign countries fund the mega project. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) secretariat said Lapsset is one of the 16 projects in energy, transport and ICT which are in its Programme […]
THE implementation of the Single Custom Territory (SCT) is seen as a crucial move that will reduce costs of doing business and increase efficiency in East African Community customs’ services, but for the Tanzania clearing and forwarding agents it is a blessing in disguise. The SCT is one of the key regional integration priority policy […]
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) will this week begin discussion and debate on the EAC Budget for the next financial year during their current session here. The EAC budget proposal speech, in which over $120 million is set down in estimates will be delivered by the current Chair of the EAC Council […]
Trade within East Africa is expected to receive a boost as new plans are underway to bring in Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan into a regional payments structure, as Tanzania pushes for a cargo clearing system for the Central Corridor. Currently, the East African Payments System (EAPS) is operational in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The […]
Rwanda plans to offer new incentives to attract investors in export-oriented projects in coming months under a new export strategy. It is also developing a framework to guide land allocation and infrastructure prioritization for investment. The new export strategy, still under discussion, is part of a broader plan to diversify and narrow the country’s trade […]
Many traders are now demanding that the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) be expanded to cover the entire East African region so that they can fully enjoy the benefits of the new system even outside Uganda. This follows the successful launch of the Electronic Cargo Tracking System in Uganda after it was also effectively piloted. […]
Kigali: As a landlocked country, regional trade is an essential ingredient of Rwanda’s future economic success. Recognizing this, officials from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and TradeMark Africa ( TMA ) signed a $ 5.7 million Cooperative Agreement affirming their partnership under President Obama’s Trade Africa Initiative under the USAID Trade Infrastructure […]
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