• Kenya: Digital collective training on Food Safety Quality Management System

    • 01/10/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Africa, Kenya, News
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    COLEACP organised a remote training course on “Food Safety Quality Management System” for partner companies of the NExT Kenya programme from 26 July to 27 August 2021. The target audience for this four-week digital training included technical staff (quality managers, packhouse managers and internal auditors) in charge of compliance within horticultural production companies and producer groups. The training was directed toward staff in exporters’ associations that assist their member companies with the implementation of food safety standards. At the end… +
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  • Kenya: Revamped National Horticulture Taskforce gets to work

    • 30/09/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Africa, Kenya, News
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    The public-private National Horticulture Taskforce has been strengthened to enable it to take a more active role in providing an enabling environment and consultative guidance to the horticultural sector in Kenya. Private-sector members of the taskforce are drawn from various organisations, including the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), the Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC Kenya), the Kenya Flower Council (KFC), and the Agrochemicals Association of Kenya (AAK). The government presence in the taskforce includes representation from the… +
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  • Next Kenya programme meeting with Machakos county Government

    • 22/07/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    COLEACP’s NExT Kenya (New Export Trade) programme has held a consultation meeting with the Machakos County Government through the Department of Trade, Industrialization and Innovation (DoTII), to discuss the potential areas of support to the county through the programme. The meeting took place on 19 July at COLEACP’s Nairobi implementation office. Present at the meeting were: Dr Chagema Kedera, NExT Kenya Programme Coordinator; Bruce Chemjor, COLEACP Project Manager; Dr James Mutuku Mutunga, DoTII, Machakos County Government; Dr Muema Wambua, Director,… +
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  • COVID-19 virtual business survival bootcamp in Kenya

    • 12/07/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on international trade particularly on the fruit and vegetable sector in the ACP States. In order to support companies in coping with the crisis, COLEACP in collaboration with the African Management Institute are proposing “”Business Survival Bootcamps””. The aim of the bootcamp is to provide companies with practical tools to plan and cope with the challenges resulting from the consequences of the pandemic. The bootcamp will include: A 90-minute interactive webinar led… +
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  • A MoU signature between KEPHIS and COLEACP under the NExT Kenya programme

    • 10/05/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    As part of its responsibility to assure the quality of agricultural inputs and produce to prevent adverse impact on the economy, the environment and human health, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) on 7 May 2021 signed a MoU with COLEACP under the NExT Kenya Programme. This partnership will help KEPHIS to roll out capacity building towards a risk-based approach to export inspections which takes into consideration the harmful organisms, the performance of the grower/exporter, and the systems approaches to… +
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