Supply deficiency hits Pugu cattle market
Livestock supply at Pugu Market in Dar es Salaam showed mixed trend last week, though the movement failed to affect meat prices in the city. Pugu market in Dar es Salaam The weekly market summary issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, last Friday shows cattle total supply dipped slightly by 2.2 per cent to push prices per head to 655/-. Due More...
Zanzibar exports up by over 80 pc
Value of clove exports rose to 62.8 million US dollars Zanzibar total revenues from exports of goods and services during the year ending February 2012 increased by 81.5 per cent to 254.3 million US dollars (about More...
Doubt clouds major expansion plans for Kariakoo market
Kariakoo Market Dar es Salaam Plans by the Kariakoo Market Corporation (KCM) management of constructing a 30-storey modern shopping centre seem to be faltering despite the documentation of a master plan of the building More...
Africa plan for $1 trillion trade bloc on track
Workers arrange fresh roses at the Vermont Flowers export processing zone (EPZ) factory in Kenya's capital Nairobi March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya NAIROBI (Reuters) – Plans to create a 26-nation More...
US envoy calls for more reforms to boost Kenya’s trade
US is calling on Kenya and other members of the East African Community to show commitment in reforms that will improve business climate in the region. US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Michael C Camuñez Visiting More...
Rwanda most expensive for trading in region
Rwanda exports some of its food harvests in the EAC. The country needs to adress the high cost of trade if it is to become a regional trade logistics hub Rwanda’s food exports Agrobiz . The New Times Rwandan consumers More...
Kenya’s Uchumi to open three new stores in Uganda
Uchumi Supermarket NAIROBI May 14(Reuters) – Kenya’s Uchumi Supermarkets plans to open three new outlets in neighbouring Uganda to tap a fast-growing economy that has been underserved by retail chains, More...
Kicukiro halts shopping mall development
The plans to redevelop the Kicukiro Market into an ultra modern shopping mall have been halted over irregularities. The New Times Plans to redevelop an area popularly known as Kicukiro Centre in Kicukiro District More...
Insecurity angers Eastleigh traders
Business people in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area yesterday held a demonstration to protest the growing insecurity in the area. Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan leads Eastleigh residents in a demonstration over insecurity More...
Glut helps to calm sugar price in Tanzania
A Dar es Salaam resident buys sugar at a supermarket. Increased sugar supply has never benefited consumers as the commodity’s retail prices remained higher for most households to afford. The boom situation the More...
