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Strengthening Capacity for Women and Young Cross-border Traders in West Africa

Ms. Labiga Télate, a cereal businesswoman, who trades grains across the borders of Togo, Ghana and Benin.

For Ms. Labiga Télate, a cereal trader and businesswoman, crossing a border is part of everyday business. She moves grains from Togo into Ghana and Benin, buying in bulk and selling through wholesale and retail markets. For years, each border crossing came with a question: Would she have the right documents? Would she know what was required? Would she be able to move her goods without unnecessary difficulty?

Building Africa’s Exports Through Quality

Mango cargo ready for export

In December 2025, a consignment of Apple mangoes from Makueni County was loaded at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and shipped to the United Kingdom; the first Kenyan mangoes to enter that market since 2014, when Kenya self banned exports to avoid sanctions due to fruit fly interceptions. The volume was modest, yet historic and economically […]

Une histoire continentale, dont l’Éthiopie serait le principal protagoniste

Rose inspection

Quand un papillon de nuit menace une industrie d’un milliard de dollars À la fin de l’année 2024, la Direction générale de la santé et de la sécurité alimentaire de l’Union européenne (DG SANTE) a soumis le secteur floral d’Afrique de l’Est à l’un des contrôles phytosanitaires les plus rigoureux que ce secteur ait jamais […]

A continental story, with Ethiopia at its centre

Rose inspection

In late 2024, the European Union’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (EU-DG SANTE) put Eastern Africa’s flower industry under one of the most demanding plant-health audits the sector has faced. The threat was the False Codling Moth, whose larva conceals itself inside a rose bud or capsicum. The EU treats it as a zero-tolerance […]