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Project East Africa

Project East Africa is an international summit that will examine the infrastructure and major project development and investment opportunities in East Africa.

The Project Objectives of East Africa are to:

  • Showcase potential projects
  • Highlight the important role Kenya that will play as a shopping and infrastructural hub for the region
  • Serve as a platform for local and international companies and ministries to promote their infrastructure projects in the crucial sectors of public works, transportation, water and electricity, telecommunications and oil and gas
  • Promote East Africa into the international market and highlight its objectives and plans
  • Promote Kenya as an investment destination
  • Attract international and regional investors and promote partnerships with local companies
  • Highlight the importance of local projects undertaken in Kenya
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Burundi

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 […]

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Rwanda

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 […]

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Tanzania

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, […]

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Uganda

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 […]

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Kenya

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 […]

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One stop border post a success

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. […]

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The Grand Free Trade Area

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 […]

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