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One of the biggest expanding markets for cosmetics and personal care products is sub-Saharan Africa. A key exporter to the region, L’Oréal has estimated that the overall African beauty and personal care market generated EUR6.93 billion (USD8.61 billion) in 2012, growing at between 8% and 10% annually, compared to a global market growth rate near 4%.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) pharmaceutical manufacturers will benefit from two new free trade deals negotiated by the EU – with the East African Community (EAC) and Ecuador. The EAC deal covers the growing markets of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi – and will see these countries phasing out their import tariffs on EU exports over the next 15 years.…

GREATER integration and cooperation among African states is needed to boost business and investment in the cotton, textiles and apparel sector of the continent, a three-day industry conference in Nairobi, Kenya, was told.

The Origin Africa event from November 10-12 brought together clothing and textile industry players and experts heard that national cotton apparel and fabric sectors within Africa were duplicating products when a collaborative approach could be more effective.…

KENYA’S meat industry is worried that east Africa’s meat and livestock sector could suffer from the impact of subsidised European Union (EU) exports now a trade deal has been agreed between the EU and the East African Community (EAC).

Speaking days after an Economic Partnership Agreement (EAP) has been agreed between the two, Qalicha Wario, chief executive officer of the Kenya Livestock Marketing Council, warned: “I think that if they give a subsidy of 80% per cent [to EU farmers] it is not fair.”…

THE AMERICAN government has complained of delays by the outgoing European Commission that leaves office on November 1 regarding the authorisation of new bio-tech food products and ingredients for use in the European Union (EU). In a strongly worded message to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement body, the US said that the EU had failed to leave decisions to regulatory committees acting on European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) advice.…

DISRUPTIVE technologies engender organisational change by definition. But the wholesale virtualisation of telco networks and services involved with network functions virtualisation (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) is likely to bring profound transformation.
And with major top and bottom line benefits available to telcos defending their turf against OTT (over-the-top) providers and internet-systems, it would be foolish for operators to ignore the potential of NFV and SDN.…

A comprehensive trade deal finalised Thursday (Oct 16), between the European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC), will boost trade, including textiles and non-wovens, between the two regions.

According to the agreement, tariffs on EU exports to markets in EAC members Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will be 80% tariff free for the next 15 years.…

The European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC) finalised yesterday (Thursday) a comprehensive agreement to boost trade, including of food products, between their regions.
A new ‘economic partnership agreement’ will give food manufacturers in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda open access to the EU market.…

The Kenyan government has confirmed to just-style that its ministry of industrialization and enterprise development has entered into a deal with Chinese firm Jiangsu Lianfa Textile Company to build a major textile plant. The Nantong, Jiangsu province-based corporation has agreed to build the plant at Naivasha, a lakeside town ninety-two kilometres north-west of Nairobi, the country’s capital.…

KENYAN knitwear exporters maybe the biggest knitting sector winners from a comprehensive trade deal struck between the European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC), which was finalised on October 16. It should boost trade between the two regions – including of yarns and knitted or crocheted clothing and fabrics.…