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Lusaka- Can regional integration succeed among three economic blocs of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC); the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and East African Community (EAC) to form one single market? This is the debate buffeting the three groupings that are seeking to integrate into a single market in order to […]
KIGALI, Rwanda – Last year half of Rwanda’s imports passed through the Central Corridor route using Dar es Salaam port. Alexis Nzahabwanimana, the State Minister in charge of Transport was recently addressing participants of the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facility Agency (CCTTFA). “In 2013, about 50% of Rwanda’s imports went through the Central Corridor which […]
In a new series of guest articles on the negotiations underway to agree a set of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), Godfrey Ssali from the Uganda Manufacturers Association explains what is behind the current deadlock between the East African Community (EAC) and the European Union (EU). The EAC partner states also belong to the African, Caribbean […]
KIGALI, Rwanda – Rwanda aims at increasing exports by 28% in the next five years This was said by the Minister of Trade and Industry Francois Kanimba during the recently concluded National Exporters’ Conference that took place at the Kigali Serena hotel. “This conference is based on the conclusions reached during the March 2014 meeting […]
The ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) has commissioned the Non-Tariff Barriers (NTB) reporting system, where traders will report any problem along the different regional trade corridors through a mobile phone and via email. The new system is designed to be used by anyone with a mobile phone connected to the four telecommunication companies’ […]
At the just concluded international conference on climate change and food security in Geneva, Switzerland, experts urged the EAC region to adopt punitive measures against partner states that deliberately impose trade restrictions under the guise of safeguarding national interests. “Whereas trade reforms can improve regional food insecurity, regulatory barriers to trade and competition along the […]
Tanzania has been urged to create a single window at border points so as to boost cross-border trade in the East African region. “There is a need for Tanzania government to create a single window at border points so as to make it easy for traders to conduct their business. The government must find ways […]
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 […]
East African citizens will from 2016 work in any of the member countries without paying for a work permit, EAC secretary general Richard Sezibera has said. Sezibera said Burundi and Tanzania will join Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda in scrapping the fees by end of this year and next year, respectively. If that happens, the EAC […]
Rwanda’s trade with its neighbours is expected to grow following the signing of a $1m (about Rwf697m) funding deal to boost cross-border trade with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s main re-export market. The grant from Belgium and the UK (through Department for International Development – DFID) was extended through a contribution agreement under […]
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