RVR majority shareholder Qalaa Holdings will on 9th September 2015 hold a one-day conference in Egypt that will be attended by leading members of the Egyptian business community to boost trade from Egypt to East Africa via Kenya’s Port of Mombasa.
The conference – “Rift Valley Railways: An Integrated Logistics Solution in East Africa” – will highlight Qalaa Holdings’ strategy to increase the presence of Egyptian businesses in Africa, with a particular focus on East Africa. The event will also highlight the competitive advantages of using rail as the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly mode of transporting goods in East Africa as it seeks to tap into new markets and grow the volume of intra-regional trade.
“East Africa offers potentially lucrative opportunities for Egyptian exporters. By taking advantage of rail transport, we can significantly increase the volume of trade between Egypt and East Africa,” said Karim Sadek, Managing Director and Head of Transportation and Logistics at Qalaa Holdings. “We have been committed to developing a fully integrated transportation and logistics platform through RVR to offer high-quality and affordable services that can help exporters overcome the major obstacles associated with the transport of goods in the region such as customs clearance, logistics and security concerns.”
RVR is Qalaa Holdings’ primary investment in the African transportation sector, with a 25-year concession to operate 2,352 km of track linking the Indian Ocean Port of Mombasa to the interiors of Kenya, the Ugandan capital Kampala and the northern part of Uganda.
The one-day event, organised in cooperation with the African Commercial Bureau, will include valuable insight and ideas from its team of seasoned experts in the field of transportation and logistics on the East African market and the challenges and opportunities that it presents.
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