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28 Oct 2022
AGOA vs STIP: Which way for Kenya-US Trade Agreements?
The fate of the US-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) signed by the two countries in August this year is shrouded in a cloud. When regimes change, priorities also change. Under Pr...
14 Oct 2022
AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative: How long before full African integration?
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) is a temporary intervention of the AfCFTA secretariat that rolled out last week on Friday, October 7, 2022, on the fringes...
30 Sep 2022
What next after Ruto reverts operations to Mombasa Port from SGR and Naivasha dry port?
Traders and transporters who were disadvantaged by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and Naivasha dry port, can now smile after President William Ruto reverted most operations to the Mombasa Port...
1 Jul 2022
Kenya-Dubai port deal: The question of missing public participation and litigation risks
Background The alleged Kenya port and Dubai Port World FZE (“DP World”) deal has caused an uproar among Kenyans and particularly leaders from the Kenya Kwanza coalition. The Kenya Kwanza leade...
8 Apr 2022
Barriers to digital foreign trade in Kenya: A US perspective
The 2022 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE) is the 37th version in an annual series that highlights significant foreign barriers to US exports, US foreign direct investment...
21 Jan 2022
Scrap metal ban and the need to crack the whip on critical infrastructure vandalism
President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned any exports or dealings in scrap metal. The Head of State cited increased vandalism of government infrastructure which he described as economic sabotage. He added t...
19 Feb 2021
BPS and Trade sector – General Economic and Commercial Affairs(GECA)
In the MTEF period 2017/18-2019/20, the total approved budget for the sector’s programmes and sub programmes was 78.9 Billion Ksh, while the actual expenditure was 66.47 Billion Ksh.
This represente...
5 Feb 2021
A highlight of the Joint Venture guidelines
Background A joint venture (JV) enables companies to join forces in order to achieve goals such as expanding markets and lowering the costs of production. However, JVs or collaborations among competit...
22 Jan 2021
Race to compliance: Beneficial ownership registration
The Beneficial
Owner is also
required to indicate
the source of
the beneficial
ownership
information
and whether
the information
obtained was (a)
provided by the
beneficial owner
or their authorised
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15 Jan 2021
Private Sector Engagement in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
The World’s largest Free Trade Area is finally here with us covering a market of 1.27bn people with a combined GDP of 3.4 trillion US dollars. The region does enter the agreement with great momentum...
11 Dec 2020
FTA Series – Part 6 : Kenya concludes its negotiations with the UK
With the United Kingdom (UK) set to conclude its exit from the European Union (EU) at the end of December, 2020 it has decided to enter into a bilateral agreement with Kenya. On Tuesday 08th December,...
6 Nov 2020
KRA Commissioner General elected as member of ATAF executive arm
The Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority was nominated as a Member of the Governing Council of the Africa Tax Administration Forum (ATAF). He was voted during the ATAF General Assembly ...
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