Browsing: Egypt’s economic shift towards Sub-Saharan Africa

Egypt-Kenya trade
  • Cairo-based lender CIB made this announcement during the first Egypt-Kenya forum held in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Egypt is shifting its economic strategy by enhancing collaboration with sub–Saharan Africa
  • Kenya exports tea, coffee, nuts, meat, wheat and flowers, skin and hides as well as live animals to Egypt..

Lender Commercial International Bank (CIB) has identified partnerships as key drivers of growth that will power investments by bringing together businesses seeking to explore Egypt-Kenya trade opportunities.

Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi says the entry of CIB into Kenya’s market is a major win for Africa’s quest to enhance trade among its 54 member states.

Speaking at the Egypt-Kenya trade forum in Nairobi attended by roughly 40 Egyptian companies drawn from construction, transport, water, tourism, manufacturing and healthcare sectors, Mudavadi said Kenya was at the forefront of opening its market to African countries to boost intra-Africa trade.

“As a government, we will facilitate …