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The insights from the study done by UWEAL revealed that lack of trade and market information was a predominant barrier faced by 83% of women entrepreneurs coupled with digital readiness in inequalities, high business costs and poor management skills. In a dedication effort to foster women’s economic empowerment, the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs’ Association Limited (UWEAL) […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), TradeMark Africa (TMA) and Food Trade Coalition for Africa (FTCFA) converged in Tanzania at the 2023 Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF), where they reflected on challenges and pathways for fair and inclusive trade environment for women and youth. With […]
By Elias Hakizimana. Women investors in cross-border trade are encouraged to embrace cooperatives in order to make it easier to move from informal to formal trade, with quality and safety assurance of products that fit for local and regional markets. The message was delivered by Richard Niwenshuti, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade on […]
Startups, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will benefit from an app aimed at facilitating access to markets and networks for women traders. The platform, called Isoko, will operate in the Mt Kenya region, helping women trade with ease across counties. During a sensitisation workshop in Nyeri for traders in Nyeri, Laikipia, Kirinyaga, and Muranga […]
Breaking Trade Barriers for Women and Youth Entrepreneurs A Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Event. 8Th June 2023 MovenPick Hotel, Westlands, Nairobi 8.00am – 4.30pm Event Programme Download Panelists Previous Next Small-Medium Enterprises Profiles Download SME Profiles AGOA EPZA Presentation – Women in Trade US AGOA Session Presentations BC Brief June 2023 Keproba Overview Exotic […]
Women traders and entrepreneurs under their umbrella body Uganda Women’s Entrepreneurs Association (UWEAL) has launched an online integrated information application named Isoko, which will provide a regional marketplace to buy and sell goods, vital trade and market information, business management tools including bookkeeping, and networking opportunities for fellow traders. The platform, which was developed in […]
LOCAL women entrepreneurs will now find it easier to sell their products in the domestic and regional markets after the launch of an online trading platform, iSOKO which is designed to support women in trade across East Africa. The online platform was launched in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday by Tanzania Women Chamber of Commerce […]
TradeMark Africa (TMA) in partnership with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL) have launched iSOKO, an integrated information platform for women traders. The innovation was developed through the support of Global Affairs Canada. A web and mobile platform for women traders, iSOKO will provide a regional marketplace to buy and sell goods, vital trade […]
What you need to know: The AU Peace and Security Council held its 1144th open session, which was dedicated to discussions on integration of women, peace and security agenda in the implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area. The council reaffirmed the critical role women traders play in the eradication of household poverty. The African […]
Women entrepreneurs in East Africa have set up an information web and mobile-based platform to help them access global markets. The platform that is to be hosted by the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd (UWEAL), was funded by Global Affairs Canada, through Trademark East Africa. According to a recent UWEAL statement, the information platform should […]
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