Posted on 24 October 2012. Tags: air travel, featured, nigeria, transport infrastructure, transportation
Citizens in Nigeria have expressed their frustrations regarding the poor state of the country’s transport infrastructure, which they feel is a threat to their lives. Road travellers have to contend […]
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Posted in Air freight, Articles, News, Regional focus, Road freight
Posted on 24 October 2012. Tags: africa middle east investment forum, cross-border, logistics, transport, zimbabwe
The forthcoming Africa Middle East Investment Forum presents an opportunity for Zimbabwe and other countries on the continent to enter into strategic partnership and bolster economic ties, it has been […]
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Posted on 23 October 2012. Tags: border, lothair, mott macdonald, sidvokodvo, south africa, swaziland railways, transnet
Swaziland Railways, Transnet, and Mott MacDonald South Africa have formed a project team to advance plans for the Rand 15.9bn ($US 1.85m) Swazilink connection between Lothair in South Africa’s Mpumalanga […]
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Posted in Articles, News, Rail freight, Regional focus
Posted on 22 October 2012. Tags: african development bank, beitbridge, Road Freight Association, south african association of freight forwarders
With government’s proposal of a new border management agency, there are great hopes that the transportation of goods will improve at South Africa’s borders. Experts have warned that delays at […]
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Posted on 19 October 2012. Tags: african economic outlook, exports, GDP, imports, kenya
Report Paints a Gloomy outlook for Kenya….. According to the African Economic Outlook (AEO) report of 2012, East African countries will realize a decline in GDP at 5% in 2012 […]
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Posted on 17 October 2012. Tags: dar es salaam, DR richard sezibera, east african community, kenya ports authority, Mombasa
The ports of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam are currently under negotiations to be made private rather than state owned. This was disclosed by the Secretary-General of the East African Community, […]
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Posted in Articles, News, Regional focus, Sea freight
Posted on 17 October 2012. Tags: east african community, exports, imports, informal traders, rwanda, transport
Rwanda - Informal traders involved in cross-border trade have expressed their concern with high cost of transport and limited access to financing which is making doing business increasingly difficult. Traders […]
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Posted on 16 October 2012. Tags: diesel, fuel, petrol, rwanda, transporters association
Fuel prices in Rwanda have gone up seeing the petrol and diesel price rise from RW970 per litre to RWF1,050. The Ministry of Trade and Industry of Rwanda has issued […]
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Posted in Articles, News, Parts & maintenance, Regional focus