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Editorial Series · Kilimokwanza

EU–East Africa Food Trade

4 Issues

Christine Afandi A. on how EU food rules, standards and trade policy shape what East African farmers, chefs and producers can sell.

The Series at a glance

All 4 Issues — click any title to read the full Issue.

Issue	Title	Flagship	Pages
01	Why Maasai Honey is Not Parma Ham (And How the EU Can Change That)		—
02	Europe’s Trade Promise vs. Reality: When African Souvenirs Become “Contraband”		—
03	How East African Chefs Are Breaking the Import Habit and Backing Local Farmers		—
04	The Deadly Gap: Inside the EU Health Standards That Shut Out East Africa’s Smallholder Farmers		—

All Issues — full reading list

Issue 01

March 13, 2026
Why Maasai Honey is Not Parma Ham (And How the EU Can Change That)

Kenya’s Kitui and Maasai honey is pure, raw and organic, yet it sells for less than European imports. The difference is legal protection: Parma ham has it, Maasai…
11 dakika ya kusoma
Issue 02

March 22, 2026
Europe’s Trade Promise vs. Reality: When African Souvenirs Become “Contraband”

Under EU rules, the spices, cured meat and cheese a tourist buys in East Africa can be confiscated at the border. Here is how the “food tax tourism…
7 dakika ya kusoma
Issue 03

March 22, 2026
How East African Chefs Are Breaking the Import Habit and Backing Local Farmers

East African chefs are bypassing the import default, building direct supply lines from small farmers to luxury hotel kitchens, one plate at a time.
8 dakika ya kusoma
Issue 04

April 1, 2026
The Deadly Gap: Inside the EU Health Standards That Shut Out East Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

Kenya’s fresh vegetable exports to Europe fell from KSh 50.9 billion to KSh 23.4 billion in a year. Behind the rejections lies a gap between EU pesticide rules…
8 dakika ya kusoma