For the past three and a half years, General Motors East Africa have tried to enforce the EAC customs protocol that would enable them to export duty free to Uganda and Tanzania. Even though the regulations are very clear, GM continues to run up against customs officials charging them 25% import duty.
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Infrastructure investment needs in sub Saharan Africa are enormous. Anja Koenig has a look at trends, challenges and paradigm shifts - has private sector participation fulfilled the hopes placed in it?
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Rather than rely on time-consuming manual media monitoring, Ugandan start-up MediaVigil relies on IT to generate faster and more accurate media monitoring reports digitally with automated verification. Strong client demand drives the company’s regional expansion.
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The strong growth of the market research industry in Africa reflects growing business interest in the region. Kenyan market researchers RESSOL have focused their pan-Africa expansion strategy on developing underserviced markets.
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