Sunday 26 May 2013

Dubai emerges as hub for investment in Africa - FT.com

"Dubai is proving to be a window on the world for the tea growers who collectively own Kenya Tea Packers, as the company pushes to expand exports from its east African base.
The business processed its first 22-tonne consignment in the emirate’s Jebel Ali port in March last year and is seeking to use the cosmopolitan city state to sell elsewhere in the Gulf – and beyond.
“More or less, we see Dubai as a large supermarket,” said Collins Cheruiyot, Kenya Tea Packers’ managing director. “It’s an opportunity for our product to be experienced by different nationalities – without us having to do direct shipment ourselves.”"

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