AFRICAN CUSTOMS MAKES SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS
January 1st, 2010
BY BILL CORCORAN and ALAN OSBORN
IT is now some five years since a group of London-based multinationals, among them British American Tobacco (BAT), set up a group aimed at improving the conditions for doing business with and through Africa - named the Business Action for Improving Customs Administration in Africa (BAFICAA) initiative. A report prepared for its founders made clear the problem: "Running a business in sub-Saharan Africa is full of challenges that simply don't exist in the developed world. The reality in most African countries is that ...
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