Arusha — Cargo transfer time from the ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa to Burundi and Rwanda has been reduced by 12 per cent, thanks to technical support from TradeMark Africa (TMA), a donor-supported organisation formed to facilitate cross-border business in the region.

This was revealed on Monday during discussions, which took place at the East African Community (EAC) headquarters between the EAC secretary-general, Dr Richard Sezibera, and TMEO chief executive officer Frank Matsaert.

The meeting was convened to lay ground for the next phase of implementation of the organisation’s support to EAC from this year to 2022. Ministerial representatives from the five partner states: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda attended it.

It emerged through the talks that the EAC, through TMA, had implemented a number of projects to improve the quality of life of East Africans through competitiveness, value-added production, trade and investments, which include improvement of Mombasa Port infrastructure and construction of a road network between Ntungamo to Mirama Hill in Uganda and another from Port Reitz also in Mombasa to Kipevu West in Kenya.

Source: All Africa

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