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PODCAST | The future of trade in Africa Business Law Focus editor Evan Pickworth talks to ENSafrica’s executive for Africa regulatory and business intelligence, Celia Becker 12 May 2021 - 12:12 Evan Pickworth Illustration: KAREN MOOLMAN
In the latest edition of Business Law Focus, editor Evan Pickworth interviews ENSafrica’s executive for Africa regulatory and business intelligence, Celia Becker, on the future of trade in Africa.
This follows the coming into force of the long-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The AfCFTA creates the largest free-trade area in the world, but the jury is out on how quickly this will translate into economic results.
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Wednesday May 12 2021
Men load maize onto a truck at Busia market on Monday after Kenya lifted a ban on the importation of the cereal crop from Uganda. PHOTO/DAVID AWORI
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There is a sigh of relief among traders after Kenya lifted the ban on importation of maize.
More than 100 trucks carrying about 1,200 tonnes of maize from Busia, Uganda, spontaneously crossed into Kenya on Monday.
The lift marks the resumption of the multibillion trade between Uganda and Kenya, a major trading partner on the East African bloc.
The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) of Kenya on March 5 banned the importation of maize from Uganda and Tanzania over safety standards, saying the cereal had aflatoxins and posed a health risk to consumers.
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