The total number of non-tariff barriers affecting business within the Comesa, EAC and SADC regions is 566. Sixty of these are dealt with by Fesarta (Federation of East and Southern Africa Road Transport Associations),as these are only those that...
Interview clip of Frank Matsaert-CEO TradeMark East Africa, a funding initiative for the East Africa Community.
Businesses in East Africa will have to wait longer to reap the fruits of free trade, thanks to non-tariff barriers. According to a report by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, rather than doing away with non-tariff barriers (NTBs) by...
By Fredrick Obura The Federation of East Africa Freight forwarders association (FEAFA) has received Sh42.2 million ($495, 980) grant from Trade Mark to improve import logistics challenges identified to be a trade barrier within East Africa region....
The East African Community railway line project that will connect Rwanda – Tanzania and Burundi will cost about US$5.2 billion (R46.3 billion). Donald Gilltrom, senior vice-president and chief engineer at Canarial – a Canadian consultancy...
A draft law which will punish countries that fail to implement agreed upon mechanisms to eliminate trade barriers has been submitted at the regional Parliament. Jose Maciel, the TradeMark East Africa director of trade facilitation, noted that while...
The Turbi-Moyale road project was launched this week by Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki. The road construction project which links Ethiopia and Kenya is a positive development for trade between the two countries. The construction of the road, which...
After staying in the cold for about four years, Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK) has now been reinstated to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). The union had been suspended from the world body in 2009 following leadership wrangles...
CMC Holdings has lost the exclusive dealership of MAN trucks after franchise owners appointed a second dealer, RT East Africa, to distribute the commercial vehicles. The appointment is likely to slow down the earnings of CMC whose sales have fallen...
