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China and Kenya signed a co-financing deal on Sunday to build a railway linking Nairobi to Mombasa, a critical infrastructure project to boost regional trade and deepen integration in East Africa. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said interconnection in East Africa and in Africa at large will fundamentally boost economic development of African countries. Several Chinese […]
A workshop conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned East African Community (EAC) members against being reliant on donors and volatile commodity exports as the main sources of revenue. The warning by the participants, who included representatives of the finance ministries and central banks in the EAC member countries, was contained in a […]
When Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho visited the United States at the end of April, I learnt that my home town of Mombasa and the city of Long Beach in southern California were sister cities. In all fairness, there wasn’t any way to know about the sibling connection. There haven’t been any shared projects between the […]
Foreigners living in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda will from next month get a six-month East African tourist visa under a preferential deal agreed on last week as the states sought to fully implement the issuance of a joint visa for the region. According to a report on last week’s Northern Corridor Integration Project Summit held […]
Uganda and Rwanda have saved up to $469 million in the cost of clearing goods since the East African Single Customs Territory (SCT) was rolled out at the port of Mombasa in January. An EAC ministers’ report from last week’s 5th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Meeting held in Nairobi shows that the clearance time for […]
Business owners in Uganda are expected to save up to $1.2 million a year following the launch of an electronic system that helps owners of goods, clearing agents and transporters to monitor the location and status of their cargo while in transit. The new system launched by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is expected to […]
Hopes of building a modern railway line in East Africa rose yesterday after Kenya and China signed a financial agreement committing the two countries to the Sh327 billion mega project. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang led regional heads of states including presidents Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Paul Kagame (Rwanda) and Salva Kiir (South […]
Kenya’s main port of Mombasa handled 9 percent more cargo in the first quarter of this year helped by an expansion programme that had improved efficiency, the port’s management said on Thursday. The Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, the biggest in east Africa and the region’s trade gateway, handles fuel and consumer goods imports as […]
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPAs) negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC) member States should not be based on the economic imbalance between the two parties but on the quality of trade that exists, Kenya’s flower industry has pleaded. The Kenya Flower Council CEO Jane Ngige on Thursday challenged the […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on African leaders to work together in removing obstacles that hinder movement across the continent. The President said free movement of people, goods and services would increase intra-Africa trade and help the continent achieve its development targets. “Lack of political will and negative perception should not be allowed to undermine […]
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