The cost of doing business in East Africa still remains high, driven by the high cost of transport.Thats according to a research conducted by the Kenya shippers council, which indicates that cost of transporting goods within the east african region...
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,...
A truck driver evaded death by a whisker when his eight-ton truck overturned and slid almost 20m before ploughing into a house in Buitenkant Street on Thursday afternoon. Loaded with sand, the truck collided with an Opel Corsa bakkie before...
East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Dr Richard Sezibera, has said that he has been impressed by the progress of road works linking Arusha and Rwanda via Rusumo border. Dr Sezibera who recently undertook an on-spot assessment of the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government yesterday signed a financing agreement for the construction of the Rubavu-Gisinzi road to boost regional trade. “The multinational road will promote regional integration and contribute to...
The port of Maputo, Mozambique’s largest, is seeing “string growth in traffic,” which will more than double over the next six years, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According to the EIU, in its June report on Mozambique, at the...
Twenty-five buses were taken off the roads following a thorough inspection in an initiative between the Road Traffic Management Corporation and Johannesburg Metro Police on Saturday. About 45 buses were stopped between Kya Sands and Randburg and...
The next five years could see huge investments in the expansion of the Port of Walvis Bay, which government has identified as “of critical importance”. In its quest to realise the recently launched National Development Plan Four (NDP4)...
A better developed water transport system for the East African community is what’s needed if obstacles such as non-tariff barriers associated with road transport are to be overcome. The best place to start the development would be Lake Victoria....
