OPINION: Easing cross-border trade in Africa, is key to strengthening East Africa’s role in food security and sustainability In this article, Tabitha Njuguna, the Managing Director of AFEX Fair Trade in Kenya makes a case for joint efforts between the private sector and governments on the African continent to work together to remove the barriers to agricultural production as well as cross-border trade as a means to both increase food supply as well as get the food where it is needed⏤ faster and affordably.