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 […]
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$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 […]
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 […]
Benefiting from the African Infrastructure Programme
A number of infrastructure projects in southern Africa were presented at the recent Dakar Financing Summit for implementation under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). PIDA is a […]
African free trade zones
Kenya is fast-tracking the establishment of three special economic zones (SEZs) in Kisumu, Mombasa and Lamu. About 2,000 sq km of land has already been set aside in Mombasa, Lamu […]
KPA bets on new railway to ease port congestion
Standard gauge railway is seen as the lasting solution for the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to ease container congestion at the port of Mombasa. Danson Mungatana, KPA chairman says, “The […]
Kenya, China sign railway project agreement
Kenya has signed an agreement with China to finance a standard gauge railway project linking the Port city of Mombasa to Nairobi. The line will later link to six other […]
Kenya’s National Conference on the performance of Joint Border Committees and Cross-Border Traders Associations
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 […]
Major transport hub burns
A blazing fire shut down east Africa’s most important transport hub on Wednesday, 7 August. Nairobi’s international airport, JIKA (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport), caught fire just after 5am (Kenyan time). […]
Kenya Transport Association opens driver institute doors to the Private Sector
Kenya Transporters Association (KTA) recently opened its Heavy Commercial Vehicle (HCV) Driver Development Institute doors in Mombasa, Kenya to Total Kenya and Bamburi Cement (Lafarge), the largest oil company in […]