Episode description
In this episode our guest is Creck Buyonge Mirito, Principal Consultant & CEO
Customs & International Trade Associates Limited. Creck reflects on the importance of travel towards gaining more accurate perceptions on the conditions in many African countries, noting that the media often does not provide a true representation of conditions on the ground. He goes on to provide a brief history of one stop border cooperation within the East African Community, which predates the establishment of One Stop Border posts across the continent. Creck also offers his perspectives on the EAC's trade facilitation interventations in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. He further provides an overview of the leading customs clearing technoligies in use across the continent, emphasizing the need for business process re-enginerring to be done prior to the automation of customs clearing systems, in order for automation to be a gainful process.