Africa is worried by the large-scale importation of used computers from the West that poses an environmental hazard to the impoverished continent. Children scavenging rubbish dumps for old c... Read more
Uganda is clearly a country on the move. The country has attracted increasing amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) since the beginning of the 1990s. Between 2005 and 2007, the country... Read more
Business people interested in doing business in a tax-free environment in East Africa can now operate from the Lake Victoria Free Trade Zone in Uganda. Situated on 200 square miles of land,... Read more
To further promote trade and business between Dubai and Uganda a special Uganda Business Council has been established under the auspices of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI... Read more
Kenya has further consolidated its status as the gateway to East Africa and a leading trade hub in the region. The country tops the list of highest exporting countries in the 19-member COMES... Read more
Battery manufacturers in East Africa want their governments to protect them and consumers from what they are calling a Chinese onslaught. This follows the recent collapse of East Africa... Read more
Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa with a total estimated population of about 31 million people. The country is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west b... Read more
Uganda is making rapid strides to emerge as one of the leading commercial centres in East Africa. Realising the importance of Uganda as one of the most progressive economies in Sub-Saharan A... Read more
The Kenyan government has approved an undersea fibre optic cable connection between the United Arab Emirates and Mombasa. The new connection could substantially boost connectivity and invest... Read more
The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organisation of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The EAC aims to cre... Read more
A major problem for exporters to East African countries was the delays in clearing goods from the port of Mombasa, notorious for its inefficient clearing systems. However, time spent clearin... Read more
Rising transportation costs to ship goods between Kenya and Uganda have become an acute problem for the business community of East Africa. To combat this, the Ugandan traders are planning to... Read more
In a major development in East Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania decided to join hands and form a trade bloc called East African Community (EAC) in 2001. The new trade bloc aims to worktowa... Read more
Row upon row of glittering shops in Dubai’s fabled souks, stacked ceiling-high with the latest attractions from the world’s leading consumer electronicsmanufacturers, present a s... Read more
It is a well known fact that Dubai has emerged as one of the leading supplier of goods to many countries in Africa. Certain trade sectors have reported substantial increase in demand from Af... Read more
AThe latest quarterly statistics from the Communications Commission of Kenya, indicate that the number of Kenyans accessing the Internet daily stands at 10.2 million people, 18 percent above... Read more
At least 45 of the 54 capital cities in Africa now offer their residents live public Internet access services and of these eight countries have local dial-up access throughout their more rur... Read more
Finding the right customers in the African market can be a time-consuming process. Being such a large continent, with as many as 53 countries, marketing one’s products and services in... Read more