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The ministry of Trade has started reviewing all trade policies with the aim of incorporating a gender provision with the sole purpose of addressing challenges faced by women as they transact business, especially exports. “Moving forward, as government, through a collaborative effort, we aim to reduce challenges that women face as traders and call upon […]
The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations and World Trade Organization (WTO), will open a centre in Dubai on Tuesday to foster female entrepreneurship across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), in partnership with Dubai Exports, a unit of the Department for Economic Development. “Our main aim globally is […]
More than 10,000 small-scale women traders engaged in cross-border business in the East African Community have been trained on laws governing trade among the member countries. The women drawn from Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda Ethiopia and Eritrea have been trained on various areas including taxation laws and common market protocol. Speaking at Green Park […]
Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to reinvest in her herd once she has saved enough money. “I think I will start with four goats and see how it goes,” she said, rearranging soap on the upper shelf of her shop in Loglogo, […]
For the first time in the history of the World Trade Organization, WTO members and observers have endorsed a collective initiative to increase the participation of women in trade. In order to help women reach their full potential in the world economy, 118 WTO members and observers agreed to support the Buenos Aires Declaration on […]
A New study on the impact of used clothes and shoes in East Africa recommends that women in trade must be given special attention to ensure that they are not marginalised. The study, published as part of a project to promote agriculture, climate and trade linkages in the East African Community (EAC), is the work […]
As technology advances, conversations around the opportunities and risks posed by automation and digitisation on the future of work especially among women entrepreneurs have inevitably increased. It’s unbelievable to think that twenty years ago, the flexible work structures, environments, work life balance and various roles that have become fundamental to running many businesses with the […]
More than 30 business women in tourism and hospitality were tipped on new skills to become profitable and competitive. The training conducted under the flagship of the International Trade Centre (ITC) seeks to boost skills of the women in the tourism industry to be able to enhance service delivery. The project code named “East Africa: […]
The project is a continuity of EASSI’s phase one project on empowering women cross border traders (WCBTs) in the East African common market.
The fund named after the president is managed by CRDB after President Shein asked the bank, some five years ago to look into means to enable youth and women to access loan with minimum bank’s conditions. According to CRDB Managing Director, Charles Kimei, the fund so far has reached 1,341 people in Zanzibar mostly small […]
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