Logistics without borders will boost trade in Africa

Early this year, a tweet from the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) chairman stating ‘‘Now Uganda and Tanzania are exporting more food to Kenya than any other point in history...’’ attracted varied reactions from Twittersphere and opened up the debate on regional trade.

The chair argued that Kenya was becoming sloppy in agriculture, education and health and that there’s need for sober reflection on this trend. This commentary compelled me to reflect more critically on the role of the logistics industry in improving economic development of Kenya and the African continent in general.