The impetus for cross-country projects in Africa has always been motivated by the cost of doing business on the continent. There have been noticeable improvements in sectors such as the ICT sector, however, progress in other sectors, such as...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, says the launch of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Free Trade Area sends a...
Rwanda’s external trade is heavily dependent on the ports of Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Matadi (DRC), and about 80% of Rwandan exports and imports pass through Uganda and Kenya. There are no railways in Rwanda, although plans...
Like Rwanda, there are no railways in Burundi. Plans have been under consideration since 1987 for the construction of a line passing through Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, to connect with the Kigoma-Dar es Salaam line in Tanzania. This rail link would...
Uganda’s road network consists of approximately 10 000 km of national or trunk roads (of which some 2 200 km are bituminised, and the rest gravel), 25 000 km of district or feeder roads, 2 800 km of urban roads (comprising roads in Kampala City,...
In 2004, Tanzania had an estimated 85 000 km of classified roads, of which some 5 169 km were paved. A 1 930 km main road links Zambia and Tanzania, and there is a road link with Rwanda. A 10-year integrated roads programme, funded by international...
Kenya’s extensive transport system includes road, rail, air, and coastal and inland waterways. The chief port is Mombasa, whose history predates the colonial era and which is now the largest port on the East African coast. It is operated by the...
Cargo clearance has significantly been reduced at the Burundi and Tanzania border thanks to a pilot project of One Stop Border Post (OSBP) at the Kobero and Kabanga border points. The OSBP pilot project set up by the TradeMark East Africa to ease...
Once established it is envisaged that the Grand Free Trade Area (GFTA) will be the largest bloc on the African continent serving as a launching pad for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) in 2017. Being launched in...
