KIGOMA, June 8 -- WOMEN and youth cross border traders operating between Tanzania and Burundi have received new financial and institutional support aimed at boosting their businesses and easing trade at the Kobero–Kabanga One Stop Border Post.

The intervention, led by the East African Business Council (EABC), in partnership with AGRA, targeted more than 65 traders dealing in cereals and horticultural products, with a focus on improving access to trade information, reducing non tariff barriers, and strengthening participation in the East African Community Simplified Trade Regime.

Speaking during a public private dialogue on non tariff barriers, EABC Trade and Policy Advisor, Mr Adrian Njau, said lack of information remains one of t...