Promote TZ-Kenya trade, private sectors challenged

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Kenya, Tanzania private sector challenged to promote trade
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged the business communities of Kenya and Tanzania to play their role effectively to accelerate trade between the two countries. He said governments could create the necessary environment for investment – including ...
Kikwete urges Diaspora to invest in motherlandDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Kenya-Tanzania ties...

IPPmedia
Private, public sectors coop more crucial now
IPPmedia
Over the last few years Tanzania's economy has been growing at more than five percent each year. Although it has not grown by eight or more percent as required to reach the target of achieving a middle class economy by 2025, the country has not faired ...

Public and private sectors need to work closely in order to effectively address challenges facing farmers, it has been argued.

>The International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) has agreed to support the East African Community (EAC) in promoting food trade within the framework of the Common Market protocol and EAC Food Security Action Plan.

Last week, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) met in Kenya for its regular ministerial conference. The meeting produced several breakthroughs, including a plan to phase out agricultural export subsidies and to eliminate tariffs on many IT products.

eTurboNews
Dar, Kenya agree to promote tourism
Daily News
HIGH level delegations of government officials in the tourism and trade industry from Tanzania and Kenya are scheduled to meet early next month to chart ways of promoting smooth tour operations in the region. This comes in the wake of a ban reportedly ...
Kenya- Tanzania Tourism "War": Officials agreed to meet in FebruaryeTurboNews
Kenya gives Tanzania two weeks to resolve tour vans disputeThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release)...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved an African Development Fund (ADF) Loan of USD 144.9 million1, to Kenya - Tanzania Power Interconnection Project.
The project will allow the two countries to exchange power. In addition, the Kenya-Tanzania Interconnection Project plays an important role in promoting regional integration through power trade.
The project is expected to improve the supply, reliability and affordability of electricity in the...

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The United Nations has initiated “engagements” with Kenyan authorities regarding possible involvement of Kenyan troops in illicit exports of charcoal from Somalia, the United Kingdom’s UN envoy said on Friday.