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Africa Loses Billions Due to High Trade Barriers

Countries across the continent are losing billions of dollars every year due to high trade barriers says a recent World Bank report.

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Trading: The report says it would be easier for the continent to trade with the rest of the world than herself.

Africa: High Trade Barriers - African Countries Lose Billions of Dollars, Says World Bank

The Moment, 16 April 2012

African countries are losing billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year due to high trade barriers, a latest World Bank (WB) report has indicated. Read more »
East Africa: Enterprises Seek Friendlier Trade Rules

Capital FM, 16 April 2012

Kenya's business sector wants the East African Community (EAC) to speed up regulations meant to improve the state of doing business in the region by implementing a monitoring… Read more »
East Africa: Kenya's Private Sector Dissapointed With EAC Progress

The Star, 16 April 2012

Kenya's business leaders are concerned over the slow pace of implementation of the East Africa Community protocol, saying it is keeping cross border business costs high. Read more »
Uganda: Ministry Gets Sh3.5 Billion to Mitigate Non-Tariff Barriers

New Vision, 10 April 2012

TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) has agreed to extend a $1.4m (sh3.5m) grant to the ministry of trade, industry and cooperatives to help government eliminate the Non-Tariff Barriers… Read more »
East Africa: Harmonisation of Border Procedures to Spur Trade

New Times, 7 April 2012

Operations of all agencies working at border posts should be harmonised if the East African countries are to easily facilitate movement of goods and persons at their borders, Trade… Read more »
Uganda: Govt Gets $1.4 Million to Reduce Trade Barriers

Observer, 5 April 2012

Uganda government has secured a grant of $1.4 million to eliminate non-trade barriers (NTBs) on the northern corridor route of Mombasa port and Southern route of Dar es Salaam… Read more »
Namibia: Country Needs to Boost Exports

New Era, 5 April 2012

Trade barriers within southern Africa have started having a serious impact on Namibian exports and, by extension, on the country's general monetary performance. Read more »

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Southern Africa Improving Roads to Boost Economies

Lack of a good road transport network is one of the main challenges to intraregional trade, writes Joseph Ngwawi for Southern African News Features. Read more »
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