Russia Targets Kenya as Strategic Trade Hub with New Trading House

Hello readers! We all have gathered our attention towards the Russian enterprise where they are planning to create a new trading hub for which they are targeting Kenya.

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The local government has promoted Moscow’s initiatives during a business mission.

Russian merchants are preparing to distribute agricultural products and wines to Kenya, and plans are in progress to introduce a Russian training house in Nairobi, as per the head of a business group.

Vladimir Vishnevsky is the head of the commission for making relations with Africa at ‘New Formation’, which is one of the largest business organizations. 

It shared the progress with TASS on Friday, following a current meeting between a Russian delegation and Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya after Kenya’s small and medium minister for enterprises and cooperatives.

Vishnevsky observed that the business mission, which took place from November 30 to December 5 in Kenya, is aimed at exploring opportunities in logistics, education, and agriculture, indulging the supply of seeds.

Later he said, “We talked about the intentions to establish a Russian trading house in Kenya – a cluster for the sale of goods from the Russian Federation. The minister supported us on all issues, and appointed an official; responsible for interaction.”

The Russian delegation also interlinked with Beatrice Elachi, who is the member of Kenya’s National Assembly and chair of the parliamentary friendship group of Russia.

Vishnevsky expressed that these conversations covered enhancing Russian-Kenyan economic relations, cultural and humanitarian collaboration, as well as potential sports-related projects.

Along with that, he explained, “ We voiced specific requests to the parliament for the supply of agricultural and alcoholic products to Kenya, in particular, domestic wines from the southern regions of the Russian federation, and cosmetics.”

During the visit, Russian merchants met with Kenyan economists, lawyers, agro-industry experts, and representatives from the IT, banking, and tea-exporting sectors.

As per the understanding of Vishnevsky, the questioned a range of issues which include assistance from the Kenyan authorities in registering legal matters, gathering licenses, and holding on product certification rules.

Not only this they also examined the possibilities of importing Kenyan flowers into Russia and exporting Russian wheat and corn seeds to Kenya.

As the flow of the visit, the delegation met with Sergey Fomenko, who is the second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Kenya, where he represented their companies and outlined their requirements for potential partnerships with local businesses.

According to these changes, few agreements were arrived. Surprisingly! The trade between Russia and African nations has crossed the record of $24.5 billion.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared at the first Russian-Africa Partnership Forum Ministerial Conference in Sochi in November.

As per the Russian Federal Custom Services, Russian exports to Africa have increased by 43% in value this year.

Wheat exports from Russia’s Krasnodar Region to approximately 25 African nations rose by 14.4% between January and September 2024, reaching 14.8 million tons as per the Russian Center of Grain Quality Assurance.

The top importers were from Egypt, Algeria, Kenya, Libya, and Sudan.