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November 5, 2015

Improving Rice Exports to the EAC Region

It was the launching of the modern Ipatagwa irrigation scheme in 1999 that spurred Jeremiah Mwasanyila to go into rice farming in 2000.  He had two acres of land on which he was growing assorted vegetables but decided to devote it all to rice instead. His first harvest later that year yielded 16 bags and […]

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November 27, 2020

Elegu border front line staff and informal traders receive Personal Protective Equipment from TradeMark Africa

Elegu, 10 November 2020: TradeMark Africa, the regional trade facilitating agency has handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Elegu One Stop Border Post (OSBP) frontline staff and informal cross border traders. The delivery of PPEs at Elegu OSBP comes at the back of concentrated efforts undertaken by the Government of Uganda and its partners […]

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November 27, 2020

Elegu border front line staff and informal traders receive Personal Protective Equipment from TradeMark East Africa

Elegu, 10 November 2020: TradeMark East Africa, the regional trade facilitating agency has handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Elegu One Stop Border Post (OSBP) frontline staff and informal cross border traders. The delivery of PPEs at Elegu OSBP comes at the back of concentrated efforts undertaken by the Government of Uganda and its […]

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May 8, 2015

South Sudan readies economy for Growth AMID Conflict

The symbols of South Sudan’s key challenges boom overhead every 15 minutes, briefly denying Juba residents the chance of sensible conversation, making paperwork on desks flutter and shake and dust rise on the streets. They are aircraft, commercial flights carrying businessmen and aid workers, and United Nations transport craft ferrying food and people to staunch […]

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August 27, 2020

An Ally in the Day of Trouble – KEPSA’s support to state during Covid-19 Pandemic

If there is anything positive that could be said of the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya, is that the country quickly learnt from other nations earlier devastated by the plague. Thus, Kenya speedily implemented containment measures among them shutting her airports and borders to keep the virus at bay. Still, local infections were reported and have […]

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September 3, 2014

The single tourist visa – a win-win all round

East Africa as a region contains some of the world’s most celebrated tourist destinations, from the wildebeest migration through Kenya and Tanzania to the iconic gorillas of Rwanda’s Rwenzori Mountains and Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest. Combine these with the beaches of the Indian Ocean, the highest mountains and longest river in Africa, the deep lakes of […]

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August 8, 2014

Rwandan truckers see Tanzanian barriers to trade reduce

Rwanda’s small trucking industry hasn’t had much to shout about recently, unless it was to complain about interminable roadside delays due to bureaucracy, corruption and paperwork. Until now. Some neat diplomatic footwork with neighbouring Tanzania has given Rwandan truckers some good news in an industry where time is money, costs are high, and margins small […]

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May 31, 2024

Tanzania’s horticulture industry poised for boom as UK scraps tariffs

Arusha. The UK has unveiled a significant package to strengthen economic ties with Tanzania, focusing on the growth of the nation’s horticulture sector. Announced on Tuesday in Arusha, the initiative promises to offer duty-free access to UK markets for Tanzanian horticultural exports, underscoring the UK’s commitment to cultivating mutually beneficial trade relations with the resource-rich nation. […]

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June 26, 2014

Barriers to Rwandan trade tumble – Theo keeps on trucking

Theodore Murenzi’s truck ground to a halt in Rwanda. So did the business it was supposed to be doing, hauling stone and earth to feed the appetite for construction that is changing the face of East Africa. It needed brake linings, oil and fuel filters and new clutch plates to get back on the highway […]

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June 26, 2014

A Tanzanian Designed Scheme to Topple Trade Hurdles With Cell Phones up for World Trade “OSCAR”

Few parts of the world have pioneered the cell phone with such ingenuity as East Africa. You can pay bills with it, check crop weather with it and, when you’re not checking your bank balance, talk to your auntie in Kisangani or Kigali or Kericho. But now, for the first time in East Africa, the […]

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