{{Kenya and Nigeria have signed agreements aimed at strengthening areas of agriculture, fisheries and livestock.}}
The agreements were signed in Nairobi after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria met in Nairobi Friday.
According to a joint communiqué, the two governments signed a memorandum of understanding in the area of immigration that will see visa exception, trans-national crime, drug abuse and improving trade between the two countries.
The two leaders agreed to increase trade and investments by creating a better environment for cultural and tourism exchange between their countries.
“Kenya and Nigeria have agreed to improve their cooperation in increasing trade with Nigeria on West Coast of Indian Ocean and Kenya on the East Cost of India Ocean and we can achieve a lot,” said President Kenyatta.
“We want to see Africa going beyond being the primary source of material that service foreign companies but a continent that can add value to its products and export to other countries,” said President Jonathan.
He said that the trade level between members of the European Union is at 70% and between Asian nations at 50% but Africa countries was still at 11%, which he said was not healthy.
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