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September 27, 2024

Streamlined border posts speed up trade

Customs clearing agents are among those lauding the one-stop border post (OSBP) concept as a key enabler of efficient trade facilitation in the country. Malawi currently has one fully operational OSBP at the Mchinji– Mwami Border, with the post at Dedza awaiting the completion of a similar facility on the Mozambican side to become fully […]

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September 27, 2024

Inaugural National Oversight Committee meeting sets the stage for trade facilitation activities in Côte d’Ivoire

TradeMark Africa (TMA)’s Côte d’Ivoire Country Programme held its inaugural National Oversight Committee (NOC) meeting on September 20, 2024, following the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Trade. The NOC is part of TMA’s governance structure and is chaired by a high-level official within a Government Ministry. It is […]

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September 13, 2024

L’ancien Premier ministre éthiopien S.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe présidera le conseil d’administration de TradeMark Africa

Nairobi, Kenya, 06 septembre 2024 : TradeMark Africa (TMA) annonce la nomination de S.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, ancien Premier ministre de l’Éthiopie, en sa qualité de nouveau président du conseil d’administration. S.E. Desalegn succède à l’Ambassadeur Erastus Mwencha, qui vient de conclure son mandat,  et rejoint TMA à un moment où l’organisation s’est fixé des […]

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September 13, 2024

Former Ethiopia Prime Minister H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe to Chair TradeMark Africa’s Board

Nairobi, Kenya, 05 September 2024: TradeMark Africa (TMA) announces the appointment of H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, as its new Board Chair. H.E. Desalegn is succeeding Ambassador Erastus Mwencha, who has concluded his eight-year term, and joins TMA at a time when the organisation has set its sights on ambitious goals […]

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August 30, 2024

L’Irlande s’engage à verser 2,4 millions d’euros par l’intermédiaire de TradeMark Africa pour renforcer le commerce et la croissance économique en Tanzanie

Le gouvernement irlandais, par l’intermédiaire de son ambassade en Tanzanie, s’est engagé à verser 2,4 millions d’euros (7,26 milliards de TZS) pour soutenir les initiatives de TradeMark Africa (TMA) visant à renforcer le commerce et la croissance économique en Tanzanie pour les années 2024-25 et 2025/26.  Le financement a été officialisé par la signature d’un […]

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August 30, 2024

Why trade between EAC states is lagging

The East African Community (EAC) may have to blame itself for slow trade between its partner States, even though the bloc has some of the most ambitious business protocols on the continent. In spite of these, trade between members has reduced from 16 percent to 14 percent in recent years, signaling persistent protectionism and defiance […]

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August 30, 2024

Naivasha, Nairobi Inland Container Depots to increase Uganda’s trade volumes

Minister of state in charge of Economic Monitoring in the Office of the President Beatrice Akello Akori has commended the operationalization of the Nairobi and Naivasha Inland Container Depots (ICDs), which she said will boost transit trade along the Northern corridor. The Northern Corridor road network covers approximately 12.707 kilometers in length, distributed as follows; […]

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August 30, 2024

Slow progress on harmonising standards affecting EAC trade

Failure to harmonise and enact a full standardisation law is affecting intra trade within the East Africa with Uganda on the spot for stalling the enactment of the EAC Standards Act. The process is also very slow thereby affecting business as more than half the members are yet to meet the threshold required. Global and […]

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August 23, 2024

TradeMark Africa s’engage à rationaliser et à stimuler le commerce en Afrique de l’Ouest

Le Ministère du Commerce et de l’Industrie de la Côte d’Ivoire, en collaboration avec TradeMark Africa (TMA), a récemment organisé une réunion de deux jours pour les responsables de la facilitation du commerce du Ghana et de la Côte d’Ivoire afin de délibérer sur les mesures visant à améliorer l’efficacité du commerce entre les deux […]

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August 23, 2024

Align tax regimes and standards to spur regional trade, EAC states told

The lack of agreement among East African Community (EAC) countries on revenue collection processes is among the reasons for the slow growth of trade in the region. Kenya’s apex private sector body has detailed how discordance among EAC countries holds back entrepreneurs in the region, particularly exporters and importers as respective jurisdictions impose different levies […]

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