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Kenya Reaches Out to Botswana, Again, to Boost Trade

Kenya Reaches Out to Botswana, Again, to Boost Trade

Kenya and Botswana will work closely through their respective business people to encourage trade between the two countries which currently is way below potential, the Chief Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ababu Namwamba has said. Speaking when he presided over the 2nd Kenya-Botswana Diaspora Investment Forum at Fairgrounds Holdings, […]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts Nigerian Trade Minister as Both Agree to Work Together

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hosts Nigerian Trade Minister as Both Agree to Work Together

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center Tuesday hosted the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah for a roundtable discussion with U.S. business executives at their office in Washington, D.C. The conversation focused on enhancing trade and investment relationship between both countries. This comes in the context of a telephone […]

Tanzania International Forum For Investments, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania International Forum For Investments, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

The Tanzania International Forum For Investments is scheduled to take place at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, 12-14 July 2016. With confirmed funding commitments amounting to US$1 billion and confirmed participation from global investors and funding institutions in control of more than US$200 billion, the Tanzania International Investment Forum For […]

Nepad Launches New Drive to Promote Intra-Africa Trade

Nepad Launches New Drive to Promote Intra-Africa Trade

The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad), an agency of the African Union that implements high-impact development projects on the continent, has launched an initiative dubbed ‘MoveAfrica’ to help tackle policy hurdles to trade across the continent. The drive was launched yesterday on the sidelines of the on-going World Economic Forum for Africa, in Kigali, […]

What South Sudan Will Gain From Joining the East African Community

What South Sudan Will Gain From Joining the East African Community

South Sudan’s accession to the East African Community could prove a major step forward in the economic development of the world’s newest nation. On March 2, the East African Community Heads of State Summit admitted South Sudan as its newest member. Accession negotiations had commenced in November 2014. The relatively accelerated timeline to its conclusion […]

Kenya , Uganda Relations Vital for EAC Integration

Kenya , Uganda Relations Vital for EAC Integration

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta is on a state visit in Uganda. Mr Kenyatta came along with his wife Margaret and son Muhoho, together with a delegation. Much as the visit is seen by many as political, actions speak louder than words, if you want to know what the visit is all about. The Kenyan leader […]

Tanzania-Kenya Highway Upgrade to Boost Trade

Tanzania-Kenya Highway Upgrade to Boost Trade

The upgrade of a key link road between Tanzania and Kenya is underway, raising prospects for enhanced cross-border trade. The expansion of the multimillion-dollar superhighway running from Arusha-Holili in Tanzania to Taveta-Voi in Kenya, is expected to ease the movement of goods from Kenya’s Mombasa port to landlocked countries. The superhighway, which will be implemented […]

Rwanda, DRC Reduce List of Commonly Traded Goods

Rwanda, DRC Reduce List of Commonly Traded Goods

Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have removed Nido, tobacco and timber on a list of commonly traded goods under the Comesa free trade area, making them uncompetitive in pricing in domestic markets. The products were struck off the list during a technical bilateral meeting in Kigali called for the two countries to harmonise […]

How To Deal With Chinese Businessmen In Africa

How To Deal With Chinese Businessmen In Africa

The Chinese have always looked at Africa from an eclectic perspective of infinite possibilities, and they are here for business, not to make friends. Do you know how to do business with the Chinese? Entrepreneurs from Africa’s emerging economies send seductive business invitations to individuals all over the world, but it’s most often their Chinese […]

We never knew Chinese immigrants can be so valuable says Spain

We never knew Chinese immigrants can be so valuable says Spain

When **** Jia Jia’s parents first moved to Barcelona from China in the 1990s, they had no working permit and spoke no Spanish. The family ate eggs to survive. Her mother and father worked 12-hour a day at a Chinese restaurant. After five years, they bought a restaurant by compounding their own money and money […]

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