Jonraid:
Talk of quick ships tunaround,Kenya is among Africa's best!

New record witnessed at the Port of Mombasa:

Container vessel Hugo Shulte arrived at the Port of Mombasa on Monday and docked at Berth No. 21 with a total 1750 containers out of which 799 on board were SGR cargo. By yesterday afternoon all the SGR cargo had been departed to the Inland Container Depot Nairobi (ICDN) via SGR while the ship was still at the Port.
The second vessel MSC Capri also arrived late Monday in the second shift with total volumes of 800 containers and docked at Berth No. 17. This ship had 200 boxes for SGR. All the SGR cargo on the vessel had been transported to ICDN(Inland Container Deport Nairobi) by yesterday morning.
“That gives us 100 percent efficiency in what we call ex-hook railage meaning cargo is discharged directly from the vessel onto the SGR wagon to build a block train of 100 containers which is quickly departed to the ICDN,” said Head of Container Operations Mr. Edward Opiyo.
He said the daily evacuations of SGR cargo had reduced movement of cargo by road by more than 50 percent hence saving roads from damage and carnage.
“This has also helped us to manage the yard population in the Port thus maintaining our efficiency levels,” he added.

Mkenya2019:
Great news.SGR just need to handle the last mile better

Jonraid:
If we can adress the cost of energy(electricity and fuel),cut down the number of agencies at the Port and offer reasonable taxes at our ports then we can break even so quickly! We are learning fast,not many countries get it right from the start.Our CS's shouldn't wait for the president's directives so as to act on these hiccups affecting our transport sector! We need the right people,look at what that 'woman CEO' is doing at KENGEN.It's sad seeing the president summoning some of his PS's and CS's infront of the public!

Jonraid:
Mombasa Port(KPA),Equity Bank and Safaricom are now examples of brilliant case studies Havard University is keen to learn from!



The Harvard University has chosen the port of Mombasa as a case study for port operations.



The University has also chosen Safaricom and Equity Bank in their research of successful African business.

It has sent thirty five of its business professors to undertake the study.

They first landed at the port city of Mombasa and toured the port before embarking on a journey to Nairobi via the Standard Gauge Railway passenger train.

In Nairobi, they will today visit Safaricom and Equity Banks. according to the itinerary.

Receiving them in Mombasa, Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director, Daniel Manduku, said Harvard settled on the port because of its recent record-breaking performances.

This coupled with its geographical position and connection to more than 80 ports globally also attracted the scholars.


Manduku said the port of Mombasa is this year expected to hit an all-time high profit of Sh15.4 billion, making it the only government-owned institution to post such a high return.


He said the port is currently doing an average of 225 cargo trains from Mombasa to the Inland Container Depot in Embakasi, Nairobi.

“I do not know of any port in the world that evacuate cargo using 200 cargo trains per month. At the port of Mombasa, we are now averaging about 225 trains per month. It is a case that is worth to study,” said Manduku.

The scholars toured the port just a day after US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter visited the facility.

The US government has funded the installation of 11 state-of-the-art radiation portal monitors at the port of Mombasa to curb on illicit trade.

The US has also built a central alarm station and provided portable monitors to ensure any radiological or nuclear materials are promptly detected and analysed.

Jonraid:
The Sportpesa Racing Point F1 Team looking ready for the French GP today.There is a possibility of a Kenyan driver joining their books a year or so to come! Sportpesa should be more than sponsors! I have never seen a brand growing up so fast than Sportpesa!

Awesome team formation at picture 3!

Jonraid:
Tap of talent: Multinationals’ CEOs marvel at quality of Kenyan workforce


In March, panic gripped Kenyan academic writers after British Education Secretary Damian Hinds called on global payments firm such as PayPal to block essay writing firms which he faulted for helping Briton students cheat.

An article on Hinds’ pronouncement published by Daily Mail soon after portrayed Kenya as a hotbed of this kind of cheating, the report stated that while engaging the essay mills, British students insist on Kenyan writers to do their assignments due to their proficiency in english and their ability to deliver on strict deadlines.


Last week, Kenyan law students beat Harvard University students to emerge winners in the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on World Trade Organization (WTO) Law that was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The students from Strathmore University beat their counterparts from 90 other law schools from across the world after preparing and analyzing a fictive case and presenting their arguments both for the complainant and the respondent in front of a panel which comprises of WTO and trade law experts.

During this writer’s interactions with business leaders, one observation has stood out, that Kenyan talent is rated highly, just like in the first two occurrences except that the essay writing enterprise integrity is questionable.


The CEOs and Managing Directors have often indicated that one of the reasons multinationals choose Kenya is because of the quality of talent at their disposal.

On Thursday,multinational insuarance firm Cigna opened its Africa headquarters in Nairobi.

Queried why Nairobi was an attractive proposition for the firm, Maxime Claessens, Director of Cigna’s Kenyan operation said that while potential business opportunities was the major draw, quality talent in the country was a major contributing factor in the decision to set up shop in Nairobi.



“We were already operating in the country. We had done our research and one of the reasons we decided to open our continental headquarters here was because we knew that we could tap the talent we needed in Kenya, the quality of the Kenyan workforce is exceptionally high,” Mr Claessens told Business Today while comparing Kenya to similar size economies.

Mr Claessens is not the only CEO to be in awe of Kenyan talent, in an interview with Business Today on June 11, Knight Frank Managing Director Ben Woodhams also expressed his appreciation of Kenyan talent.

“One thing that I’ve noticed is that the level of education is definitely higher and Kenyan talent is quite sharp,” said Mr Woodhams who has been the real estate firm’s Managing Director in Kenya and Tanzania.



Conversely, Radisson Blu General Manager Robert Kucera, a South African who doubles up as East Africa District Manager for the hotel chain also told Business Today during an interview that even the quality of menial workers in Kenya surprises him.

“In Kenya the education level is higher, even a normal waitress in Kenya sounds educated, their level of thinking is higher,” said the hotelier who has worked in different countries across Africa. “I am just from a meeting with union leaders and in my interactions with its members gives me the feeling that Kenya is ahead of many countries in terms of the sheer quality of its workforce,” added Mr Kucera.

gallivant:
Nairobi

This is more India-Bangaldesh cow situation - where Indians clandestinely sell cows across the border to Bangladeshi against their religious beliefs. Bangladesh then become the world largest exporter of cattle/beef - while we know India has the largest hardest of cattle.

In Nigeria - Benin now import million tonnes of rice - that obviously end up in Nigeria. Nigeria as we know banned rice importation and claims the local production miracously grew to 7m tonnes .

Benin a small country of 10M people- now easily import 2M tonnes of rice destined for Nigeria from Thailand alone. We haven't checked the imports from Pakistan, India, US, Brazil.

obaaderemi:
Nigeria----Rice farms

Mkenya2019:
[s]Talking of rice..and Nigeria unreliable figures (AND FAKED GDP). You need to study how much rice Benin - that small country is importing.

This is more India-Bangaldesh cow situation - where Indians clandestinely sell cows across the border to Bangladeshi against their religious beliefs. Bangladesh then become the world largest exporter of cattle/beef - while we know India has the largest hardest of cattle.

In Nigeria - Benin now import million tonnes of rice - that obviously end up in Nigeria. Nigeria as we know banned rice importation and claims the local production miracously grew to 7m tonnes .

Benin a small country of 10M people- now easily import 2M tonnes of rice destined for Nigeria from Thailand alone. We haven't checked the imports from Pakistan, India, US, Brazil.

Check that list from Thailand - rice association - as of 2017 - Benin was leading importer of their rice - 1.8M metric tonnes. Also check Camerooun figures...another smuggling source of rice to Nigeria.

http://www.thairiceexporters.or.th/export%20by%20country%202017.html[/s]

Mkenya2019:
Check who is importing Indian rice - Benin - whopping 2.5M metric tonnes from Indian & Thailand as of 2016[b]. Destination - NIGERIA - "SELF SUFFICIENT RICE PRODUCER " that allegedly overtook Egypt in miraculously 3yrs [/b]
[code][/code]https://businessday.ng/agriculture/article/fact-check-usda-got-it-wrong-with-nigerias-other-countries-rice-imports/

The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) report which asserted that Nigeria will be
the second-largest importer of rice in 2019 has
been found to be grossly inaccurate, according to
BusinessDay’s analysis of export data involving
over 150 countries. Findings show that not only
did the USDA make inaccurate assertions in its
estimation of Nigeria’s rice imports; it also got it
wrong with several other countries’.

Mkenya2019:
Facts are very stubborn things.Be very glad we cannot verify local foods like yams or cassava.Otherwise you have no chance in internationally traded food like rice's.In meantime Benin & Cameroon is where all the smuggling happen and you wonder why you can't collect taxes and your 100b dollar agriculture exists only in Yemi Kale papers.

obaaderemi:
This is the fact:

Rice farms in Nigeria.

obaaderemi:
I guess you are still hurt from the factual dissemination of your fake agricultural sector 688419 and my humble self did here a while ago.
Anyway this is what I got from your link:


I must thank you for the links.In your desperation, you validated my point. Nigeria's rice imports is dropping fast.

Mkenya2019:
Talking of rice..and Nigeria unreliable figures (AND FAKED GDP). You need to study how much rice Benin - that small country is importing.

This is more India-Bangaldesh cow situation - where Indians clandestinely sell cows across the border to Bangladeshi against their religious beliefs. Bangladesh then become the world largest exporter of cattle/beef - while we know India has the largest hardest of cattle.

In Nigeria - Benin now import million tonnes of rice - that obviously end up in Nigeria. Nigeria as we know banned rice importation and claims the local production miracously grew to 7m tonnes .

Benin a small country of 10M people- now easily import 2M tonnes of rice destined for Nigeria from Thailand alone. We haven't checked the imports from Pakistan, India, US, Brazil.

Check that list from Thailand - rice association - as of 2017 - Benin was leading importer of their rice - 1.8M metric tonnes. Also check Camerooun figures...another smuggling source of rice to Nigeria.

http://www.thairiceexporters.or.th/export%20by%20country%202017.html

kikuyu1:


HAHAHA! Thanks as always for your dogged forensic investigations-in other words Benin consumes 200 KG RICE PER CAPITA,4X GLOBAL AVERAGE AND EVEN MORE THAN EVEN VIETNAM OR THAILAND AT 120-140 KG.

Mkenya2019:
Look Chinese to me .Maybe third pick looks remotely Nigeria.it could be anywhere