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Kippra: Addressing system key to unlocking continental trade

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Kenya stands to benefit more from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if the country puts in place a national addressing system which a think tank notes will also reduce the cost of doing business.

A national addressing system is a framework that provides for among others, naming and numbering of streets, numbering of properties such as buildings and parcels of land to facilitate identification and the location of a parcel or dwelling on the ground.

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