SA's ferrochrome producers are calling for government support against their Chinese counterparts in what has emerged as another trade skirmish between the two countries.

Toshiba, a world leader in high technology, has appointed Mitsumi as the official distributor of its products in the East African region.

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A parliamentary watchdog committee has directed the Kenya Revenue Authority to furnish it with the names of directors of an insurance company unable to account for transit goods worth Sh2 billion.

The recently enacted Merchant Shipping Act 2009 will encourage local participation without locking out foreigners, Kenya's Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere has said.

The greatest challenge of Nigeria's economy is the consumption pattern of its citizens which doesn't encourage locally made goods, the Director General of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Professor Olusegun O. Adewoye has said.

The new Board of the Nigerian Export - Import Bank (NEXIM) must work hard to transform it for optimal performance, the Minister of Finance has said.

At last, the five East African Community heads of state are next month set to the East African Common Market protocol, a function set to coincide with the EAC tenth anniversary celebrations.

Cross border grain trade between Kenya and neighbouring countries reduced with maize volumes falling by 44 per cent in September this year.

STEPS outlined by the Federal Government to boost industrial production and encourage Nigerians to buy locally made products are laudable but there must be strong political will to enforce the directives.

The Nigeria Customs Service yesterday flagged off a new regime of cargo clearance at the nation's ports and border posts.

Hostile weather and expensive inputs have effected production of tea in Uganda squandering the expected 47 million kgs target, writes Dorothy Nakaweesi.

Relations between Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon have become stronger, as some significant steps have taken place in the past two years.Cameroon's Minister of Trade, Mr. Luc Magloire Mbarga, said this at the opening of the Cameroon Economic and Trade

The Federal Government has completed plans to roll out a fresh scheme to rescue the nation's dying textile industry and bring about $57 billion expansion of the economy through the sector.

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has approved measures that will make Nigeria a cement exporting nation by 2013.

Local exporters and importers can now give a sign of relief as Ghana has strengthened business ties with United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Mr Edward Kareweh, Deputy General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has called on government to reassess the export-led development strategy to make it more effective for accelerated development.

Rwanda Minister of East African Community (EAC) Affairs, Monique Mukaruriza, expressed surprise, numerous bridges and roadblocks still exist despite member states agreeing to eliminate non-tariff barriers (NTBs), last year.

Zambia has engaged a Kenyan company, Dalbit Petroleum Limited, to co-import petrol and diesel into the southern African country to ease a fuel shortage that has persisted for close to two weeks.

The integration of the East African Community aims at closer ties among the partner states through coordination of the implementation of policies, projects and programmes in such areas as political, economic, social and cultural fields for the benefit of the