Martin Mwita

2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Martin Mwita

The push to have a bilateral trade deal started in 2020 and relaunched in 2022Business09 June 2025 - 10:46In SummaryLast week, Kenya’s Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry said  the government is intensifying its lobbying efforts to secure the renewal of AGOA, following the recent imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on textile exports to the United States.

2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Martin Mwita

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2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Martin Mwita

KENYA is losing more than Sh9 billion in potential revenue (taxes and levies) to illicit cigarettes trade, a new report now indicates, with almost all of these products being smuggled into the country. The newly released findings from a study conducted by international research company Kantar indicate that the illicit cigarette trade in Kenya has soared to a record high, with more than one in three cigarettes sold in the market not paying taxes.

2 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Martin Mwita

AFRICA’S industrial moment can’t wait. With the promise of a 1.5-billion-person market under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a rising generation of innovators and deep untapped industrial potential, Africa is laying the groundwork for a new era of production. But momentum alone is not enough. The question now is whether this shift can be matched by the right kind of policy and delivery and that is where UNIDO’s latest Africa Industrial Development Report comes in.

3 weeks ago | the-star.co.ke | Martin Mwita

Ozkan Eren, Business director, New Holland AMEA, Francis Agbonlahor - MD Inchcape Africa and Ahmet Yenisehirli - New Holland Business manager. /HANDOUTNew Holland has appointed Inchcape Kenya as its official distributor in the country, a move set to strengthen the agricultural sector by enhancing access to mechanized farming solutions. The partnership will take effect from August 1, 2025.