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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Kenya needs $1.3bn for dual carriageways
Kenya is marketing a project to raise $1.3bn needed for the upgrading of the Mombasa-Nairobi (A109) and Nairobi-Nakuru (A104) highways to dual-carriage ways. It is hoped that funds for the […]
Kenya highway project secures funding
Kenya has received a $123 million loan from the African Development Fund following approval from the African Development Bank Group, for the Mombasa-Mariakani Highway upgrade project. The project road is […]
$5 million earmarked for Kenyan access roads
The UK has advanced a $5 million grant to TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) for the construction of access roads between the Moi International Airport and the Mombasa Port. This is […]
Jomo Kenyatta Airport rated as one of the best
According to an airport service quality survey by the Airports Council International (ACI), the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Kenya has been rated as the fifth best on the […]
Mombasa roads given a five million dollar boost
The Mombasa Port Program will receive a big boost with an additional $5 million of funding granted by the UK government by Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID). The funds granted […]
A first for FAW at the start of 2015
Just six months after FAW opened its Coega plant to assemble trucks locally, the first five export units have been dispatched to the FAW dealership in Kenya. On 16 January, […]
Big funding for Mombasa port
Funding for the expansion works at the second container terminal at the Port of Mombasa will be supplied by the Japanese government to the tune of $270 million. National Treasury Cabinet […]
Road expansion improves truck turnaround time to Kenyan port
The expansion of a major access road from Kenya’s central business district to the Port of Mombasa has been completed. Hajj Masemo, Kenya Ports Authority principal communication officer, said that […]
Freight forwarding in Rwanda
Rwanda’s clearing and forwarding agents have been advised to open up revolving accounts with shipping line authorities to facilitate the ease of doing business at East Africa’s sea ports. This […]