East Africa Community (EAC) Logistics Sector Skills Enhancement Program

In East Africa, there is a large skills gap in the logistics sector. To address this challenge, the Logistics Directorate in TMEA has designed a programme which seeks to establish an appropriate capacity-building programmes using a harmonised curriculum in the region to meet emerging demands as trade grows. This project component will focus on building the capacity of smaller firms to effectively compete with larger firms in the market, by (i) providing capacity-building opportunities to improve the quality of logistics services; (ii) enabling access to credible data to overcome information deficits and building stronger advocacy; and (iii) creating third party logistics infrastructure to allow them to provide end-to-end services to their clients. Specifically, the programme consists of three sub-components: 1) setting up a truck driver training programme; 2) setting up a warehouse operator training programme; and, 3) expanding the successful EACFFPC training to other regional economic centres. The programme is expected to lead to increased efficiency in private sector logistics service provision for transporting and storing goods in East Africa.