The upcoming East African Community’s Heads of States Summit will place great emphasis on railway, energy and inland water ways transport in the region in a bid to ease trade between the member states. Dr. Sezibera revealed this when speaking to...
Anthony Tambwe of the Tanzania Daily News reports that the country’s natural gas industry will fuel economic development and meet the country’s obligations as a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Tanzania’s...
East Africa is said to have one of the highest surface cargo transport costs in the world, up to 70 per cent more than in the United States and Europe, and surprisingly, up to 30 per cent higher than in Southern Sudan, Africa’s newest nation,...
Thirteen women from the Presbyterian Church of East Africa have been confirmed dead after the bus they were travelling in was crashed into by a truck in Tanga, Tanzania. The group of women from Kenya were travelling to a church meeting in the...
The shipping industry in East Africa will later this month launch a new body to lobby for policy decisions for faster transportation and clearance of goods in the region. The move is spearheaded by the Kenya Shipping Council, under the Chief...
One year since Oxfam announced their East Africa food crisis appeal, we bring you this incredible video capturing a Turkana community’s delight as Oxfam builds them a borehole, bringing desperately needed fresh water to the village. Thanks to...
Evergreen Shipping Line the fourth largest shipping company worldwide plans to acquire new vessels to boost its operations In East Africa. According to the chairman of Gulf Badr group of companies an agent of the Evergreen Shipping Line Bahaa Badr,...
Business is booming for Somalia’s pirates, whose attacks on commercial ships sailing near Africa’s east coast are more frequent, violent and lucrative than ever. Pirates took in an estimated $160 million in ransoms last year, and one...
The Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Musongati railways project get a new push after the East African Community (EAC) and African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a grant agreement for the first disbursement of $428,000 out of an anticipated...
