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By Peter Goldsmith, Guy Allen, and Mike Doherty
Introduction
The Soybean Innovation Lab (SIL) introduces readers to the question whether Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) presents a new market opportunity for U.S. soybean growers. Over the next three weeks, SIL and …
Should U.S. Growers Look to Africa as the Next Big Market? Understanding Africa’s Soy Import Demand

… bodies
must intervene.
Kenya International
Freight and Warehousing Association ( … not
intervene on any cargo unless there is some … information regarding
the particular cargo,” Mbira told the Star … cargo, an average of Sh15,000 for
port charges and shipping …
Graft allegations rock KRA’s investigations and enforcement department

London High Court judge Christopher Butcher said in a November 18 hearing that he would grant an urgent injunction preventing the government of South Sudan from delivering or otherwise dealing with a cargo of 600,000 barrels of crude oil due to be lifted …
BB Energy moves to claim South Sudan oil cargo amid 0M debt dispute

… routes, handling massive volumes of cargo and
passenger movement.
Other major … expected to strengthen Kenya’s role in
regional logistics and boost trade … transportation for both passengers and freight.
The improved road network will …
Ruto unveils ambitious roads expansion plan in address to nation

About three-quarters of Uganda’s $5 billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,443-kilometer route crucial for exporting crude from the Albertine Graben to Tanzania’s Tanga port, has been completed, Uganda’s Petroleum Authority said on Wednesday. …
Uganda’s bn East African oil pipeline hits 75% completion ahead of first exports

… a ten–year transport and logistics upgrade, including roads, ports … technologies.
On transport and logistics, he said the government … Kenya’s status as the region’s transport and logistics … seven million previously blacklisted Kenyans repair their credit, and …
Ruto unveils Sh5trn mega plan to move Kenya ‘from Third to First World’ in State of the Nation address

The ECOWAS Commission and TradeMark Africa, with support from the UK Government through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have convened the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS)/Technical Barriers to …
ECOWAS, TradeMark Africa move to align trade standards on Abidjan–Lagos corridor

Uganda’s oil dream has become more than a promise but a living reality, shifting investor confidence and showcasing Africa’s right to develop its resources. The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is officially 75% complete, with every inch of pipe …
Uganda Advances Oil Vision as EACOP Hits 75% Completion Milestone

… cargo at the Port of Mombasa,” read the notice in part.
Kenya … port charges, rail freight charges, shipping line fees (delivery … s busiest port, benefiting Kenyan importers and regional traders … through official KPA and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) channels …
Govt Announces 100% Waiver of Given Charges at Port of Mombasa

As the Doha Film Festival launches its inaugural edition, the event marks its debut with a bold gesture: a sweeping Spotlight on Sudan that centers a country whose cultural output has often been overshadowed by political upheaval. Among the program’s most …
‘Khartoum’ Co-Director Ibrahim ‘Snoopy’ Ahmad on Filmmaking Amid War, Collective Authorship and the Future of Sudanese Cinema