The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is moving to adopt blockchain technology as part of a broader push to speed up cargo clearance and reduce the paperwork burden that has long slowed trade through the country’s ports and border points. The authority is adopting the Trade Logistics Information Pipeline (TLIP), a blockchain enabled digital platform meant to replace cumbersome paperwork with instant digital records. The problem TLIP is designed to solve is familiar to anyone who has moved goods through Mombasa. International cargo entering Kenya currently passes through numerous organizations, including shipping lines, clearing agents, customs officers, port authorities, transporters, warehouses and regulators such as the Kenya Bureau of Standards, the Port Health Service and the Agriculture and Food Authority. Whether TLIP ultimately shortens clearance times or adds early friction for traders adjusting to it remains to be seen.