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WOMEN entrepreneurs in the region will use the second East Africa Community Women in Business conference that opens today in Nairobi, to explore opportunities offered by the Single Customs Territory, the EAC secretariat has said According to the Arusha based office, the conference on the role of women in socio-economic development and business will also […]
Arusha — The 2nd EAC Conference on the Role of Women in Socio-Economic Development and in Business is set for 20th – 21st August, 2015 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The overall goal of the Conference is for women in business in the East African region to come together to network […]
KAMPALA, Uganda – Over 4,000 urban women traders and 400 light processors all over Uganda are slated to benefit from a US$ 500,000 Trademark East Africa and and Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) joint venture project This was revealed during the official launch of Women in Trade (WIT) project that was held in kikuubo […]
Women entrepreneurs are concerned that non tariff barriers are hindering women participation in trade across the East African region hence the need for concerted efforts to address such challenges. Under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association-UWEAL, women entrepreneurs point out lack of access to information which has led to exploitation by middlemen, discrimination in formulation of […]
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda trade and industry minister, Amelia Kyambadde, has asked consultants working on improving trade in East Africa to support women living in border areas to pursue the available opportunities for increasing their incomes. Last week, Kyambadde asked TradeMark Africa (TMA) to focus on educating and empowering informal women traders as a way […]
Organised by TradeMark Africa in partnership with the iCON Enterprise Foundation (formerly iCON Women & Young People’s Leadership Academy), the East African Business Council and the East African Women in Business Platform (EAWiBP), the meeting themed: “Enhancing Participation and Amplifying Voices of Uganda Women in Business and Trade in the East African Integration Process”. The […]
After injecting at least $80 million (nearly Shs240 billion) in infrastructure developments, resulting in reduced cargo transit times at East Africa’s main transport corridors, focus will now be shifted on how Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can use their facilities. Considering that these traders, most of whom are women, do not use available formal systems […]
Gitega — As part of its objective to increase the participation of women in the electoral process in Burundi, the EAC Secretariat, together with joint efforts from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), held plenary discussions to women groups in the town of Gitega, Burundi from 11th – 12th March, 2015. The […]
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Though the coastal cities of Senegal are situated on the fierce Atlantic Ocean, it is floods from heavy rains they struggle with, rather than rising tides. A common solution is to pump floodwaters into the ocean. But one innovative project is trying to capture the water instead, for use in […]
More women in developing countries will own phones, thanks to the availability of cheap phones and features that appeal to them. According to mobile companies in the region, the mobile money platforms have encouraged women with low incomes to own a phone because of the need to receive and send money. Safaricom, Bharti Airtel, Vodacom […]
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