Malawi Bureau of Standards Laboratory Upgrade Unlocks Export Potential
Blantyre, Malawi, 13 May 2026 – Malawian exporters can now test their products to international standards at home, following a handover of a major UK-funded upgrade to the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS). The investment delivers cutting-edge laboratory facilities and the country’s first internationally recognised accreditation. The handover ceremony, held at MBS headquarters in Blantyre, […]
EAC SPS Bill: A Decade of Work Puts Billions in Agri-Food Trade Within Reach
The EAC SPS Bill could become one of East Africa’s most commercially significant trade reforms of the past decade. The draft Bill, a joint common legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS), is the result of years of technical work by the East African Community (EAC) and TradeMark Africa. If completed and enforced properly, […]
Modernization of border posts: TradeMark Africa equips Ivorian Customs with the support of the United Kingdom
The Ivorian Customs Administration has received a significant shipment of computer equipment donated by TradeMark Africa, with financial support from the UK-FCDO. This initiative aims to strengthen the technological capabilities of border posts, particularly at the Noé border crossing and in the eastern border areas with Ghana. At the official handover ceremony on Thursday, May […]
Tanzania-Kenya Business Forum 2026 Drives Cross-Border Trade and Investment
Dar es Salaam, 4 May 2026: The Tanzania-Kenya Business Forum 2026 brought together more than 1,300 public and private sector leaders this week to advance cross-border trade, investment and regional integration. TradeMark Africa (TMA) supported the Forum, held in Dar es Salaam during the State Visit of H.E. Dr William Samoei Ruto, President of the […]
Trade facilitation: Ivory Coast accelerates its reforms to become a regional hub
The sixth meeting of the National Monitoring Committee (CNS) of the Trade Facilitation Programme was held this Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Abidjan, with the ambition of consolidating achievements and giving new impetus to the reforms undertaken to facilitate trade in Côte d’Ivoire. Led by the Ivorian government with the support of TradeMark Africa, this […]
Djibouti et l’Éthiopie réaffirment leur engagement en faveur de l’amélioration de l’efficacité du corridor commercial commun
Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie, 7 mai 2026 : Djibouti et l’Éthiopie ont réaffirmé leur engagement commun à renforcer la coordination le long du corridor Djibouti-Éthiopie à l’issue d’une réunion du Comité national de suivi (NOC) qui a examiné les progrès accomplis, abordé les contraintes opérationnelles et convenu des priorités pour la prochaine phase du programme bilatéral relatif […]
Djibouti and Ethiopia reaffirm commitment to improving efficiency along shared trade corridor
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7 May 2026: Djibouti and Ethiopia have reaffirmed their joint commitment to improving coordination along the Djibouti-Ethiopia corridor following a National Oversight Committee (NOC) meeting that reviewed progress, addressed operational constraints and agreed priorities for the next phase of the bilateral corridor programme. The Djibouti-Ethiopia corridor- a critical trade route for both […]
Togwajaale Border Bridge Reconstruction Begins as TMA and Sweden Break Ground
Togwajaale, 4 May 2026: TradeMark Africa(TMA) today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Togwajaale border bridge, a critical trade link between Somaliland and Ethiopia along the Berbera corridor. The event marked a major milestone in enhancing regional trade and connectivity for the two border regions around Togwajaale. The project is being implemented […]
La recette de Claude qui a permis de transformer les avocats et les piments en une entreprise florissante spécialisée dans les huiles naturelles
Dans un modeste atelier caché dans le district de Kamonyi, au Rwanda, un riche parfum de piment frais et d’avocat mûr emplit l’air. Au milieu de sacs de produits bruts et de rangées de bouteilles soigneusement étiquetées, un homme en fauteuil roulant inspecte une machine de transformation nouvellement installée, la scrutant d’un regard empreint d’une […]
Zambia, DRC move to strengthen small-scale cross-border trade ahead of Simplified Trade Regime rollout at Kasumbalesa Border
Chingola, Zambia/DRC – 30 April 2026 – The Governments of the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening formal cross-border trade and improving livelihoods for small-scale traders through a high-level technical engagement on the operationalisation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) at the Kasumbalesa […]