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The arrival of Rwanda’s first 40,000-metric-tons government-backed fuel shipment at Tanzania’s Port of Tanga is far more than a routine logistics update. For a landlocked nation that imports 100% of…
On paper, the figures are extraordinary. A KSh2.2 trillion investment. A refinery with a projected processing capacity of 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day, making it the second-largest in…
Kenya’s transport and logistics sector is a critical pillar of the national economy—the backbone of trade, industrial growth, regional integration, and maritime development. Its recent recognition as a key driver…
The recent courtesy call between Captain Asiva Coopen, Director of Shipping at Mauritius’s Ministry of Agro-Industry, Food Security, Blue Economy and Fisheries, and the Secretary-General of the Maritime Organization for…
The African Development Bank’s renewed commitment to financing Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project symbolizes a strategic vote of confidence in East Africa’s long-standing vision of regional integration, economic transformation,…
The Port of Mombasa has stood as East Africa’s most strategic commercial lifeline—an engine of regional trade not only for Kenya but also for landlocked economies from Uganda to South…
The map of African continent and its trade patterns tell a story that is both encouraging and deeply unsettling. Across Africa, visible pockets of momentum exist—West Africa’s commercial corridors, East…
TIME is ripe for the East African region to establish a structured system of regional coastal and inland waterways transport. From the bustling port of Mombasa to the historic Swahili…
Landlocked countries can lower transit costs of transport by up to 30 per cent, if they replace paper-based customs forms with digital tools, a UNCTAD official has said. Pedro Manuel…