Posted on 10 April 2014. Tags: Dr Iain Barton, east africa, Imperial Health Sciences, kenya, kitengela, nairobi children home, Saidia Furaha
Imperial Health Sciences has adopted Nairobi’s children home Saidia Furaha. Dr Iain Barton, managing director of Imperial Health Sciences, says, “This is a long term project that extends beyond just […]
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Posted on 04 April 2014. Tags: 4th European Union-Africa Summit, belgium, brussels, energy, kenya, Public Private Partnership, transport, uhuru kenyatta, water
Addressing the 4th European Union-Africa Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African governments to accelerate reforms that will encourage more private sector investment in infrastructure projects. […]
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Posted on 18 February 2014. Tags: ally alexander, burundi, democratic republic of congo, east africa community, featured, kenya, port of mombasa, rwanda, single customs territory, tanzania, Uganda
More time has been given to Tanzania and Burundi allowing the two countries the opportunity of preparing for the shift towards a single customs territory (SCT) roll-out following the announcement […]
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Posted on 07 January 2014. Tags: africa, exports, featured, ghana, imports, investment, kenya, namibia, nigeria, pfi london 2014, ports, south africa, tanzania, trade
Africa’s ports sector is booming thanks to growing trade and investment. And as imports and exports grow, increased capacity is an urgent requirement. Projects are under way throughout the continent […]
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Posted on 12 December 2013. Tags: bottlenecks, central bank of kenya, cross-border, east africa, east african community, East African Payments System, intra-regional trade, kenya, tanzania, Uganda
An integrated real-time cross-border payments system designed to remove bottlenecks to business to bolster intra-regional trade has been launched in East Africa’s biggest economies. According to Kenya’s central bank the […]
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Posted on 22 November 2013. Tags: africa, Europe, Geoff du Plessis, kenya, MAN, man profidrive, south africa, transport, trucks
Geoff du Plessis, chairman at MAN South Africa, spent five years in Europe as regional head for North Europe and then as senior vice president of MAN Business Units. RETURNING […]
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Posted on 04 November 2013. Tags: driver training, eahcv, East Africa Heavy Commercial Vehicle Driver Development Institute, kenya, kenya transport association, kta, logistics, road safety, trade hub, transport
The Trade Hub, with the Kenya Transport Association (KTA) has made significant progress towards ensuring KTA’s East Africa Heavy Commercial Vehicle Driver Development Institute (EAHCV) is fully operational by the […]
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Posted on 01 October 2013. Tags: border, Conference, Cross-Border Traders Associations, Geoffrey Kionano, Joint Border Committees, kenya, Loitoktok, Lungalunga, Mombasa, Moyale, Nadapal, Taveta, the trade hub
The Trade Hub, in collaboration with Kenya’s Ministry of East African Affairs, Commerce and Tourism and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade held Kenya’s first National Conference on […]
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