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Nairobi – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, is providing COVID-19 testing to thousands of truck drivers on Kenya’s borders. It’s part of a regional and national effort to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and reopen trade across the East and Horn of Africa. Over 4,500 truck drivers and crews are being tested for the […]
Nairobi – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, is providing COVID-19 testing to thousands of truck drivers on Kenya’s borders. It’s part of a regional and national effort to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and reopen trade across the East and Horn of Africa. Over 4,500 truck drivers and crews are being tested for the […]
In a recent study by TMA, the restrictions on movement of people also cut off operations of informal cross border traders who significantly contribute to regional trade. BUSINESS VIRUS The current outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten the already fragile intra East African Community (EAC) trade, pulling it back by 40%, according to […]
The European Union on Thursday offered to support Kenya fast track results of the COVID-19 testing for the long-distance truck drivers in Busia and Malaba border points. Currently, it is taking longer than is comfortable for these drivers to get their COVID-19 results at the border points connecting Kenya and Uganda. The EU Ambassador to […]
In Summary The app will follow the trajectory of the truck and detect any smuggling or short-landing. The app is expected to be launched within two weeks. Truck drivers have welcomed a decision by the government to introduce an application through which they can access coronavirus test results. EU ambassador to Kenya Simon Mordue said […]
Summary The chairlady of the Busia Cross-Border Cooperative, Ms Mariam Babu, said the banning of border trade has adversely affected over 7,000 traders. “Over 80 per cent of informal cross-border traders are women. This has caused strife in many families as women are unable to sustain their needs,” she said. The government says it will […]
Kenya, has finally accepted seafarers’ crew change through Port of Mombasa after the COVID-19 pandemic forced maritime states to close their borders, leaving thousands of sailors stranded aboard ships in the high-seas for months. Kenya now joins 13 countries that agreed to the new international measures to open up borders for seafarers and to increase […]
A report by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said despite steps taken to develop the country into a regional e-commerce hub, the digitalization of government services is advancing and the government is investing resources into enhancing the overall business environment. “Despite this, Tanzania has yet to adopt a stand-alone e-commerce policy or strategy […]
FACILITATING the free movement of cargo across borders is vital towards the economic recovery of the East Africa member states during and post Covid-19 pandemic, the East African Business Councils (EABC) has said. The EAC private sector body said recently that the cross border trade could have been a remedy to reduce the Covid-19 adversity […]
Shamim Sserunjogi and her brother Moses were forced to become digital entrepreneurs when COVID-19 restrictions in Uganda forced everyone to remain at home. “He had a motorcycle, I had a plan. That’s how we started,” 32-year-old Shamim told DW. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Shamim sold tilapia and Nile perch from nearby Lake Victoria. But when coronavirus lockdown measures […]
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