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August 31, 2020

African businesses shifting towards new technologies- UN report

According to the report from the survey among the top three challenges faced by African countries during the pandemic are reduced opportunities to meet new customers drop in demand for products and services, as well as lack of cash flow. African businesses are shifting towards new technologies in response to the ongoing pandemic, according to […]

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August 26, 2020

Safe Trade Emergency Facility programme

Emergency Personal Protective Equipment Trade Technology Interventions Trade Policy Interventions Supply Chain Support Standards and SPS Projects Advocacy interventions Gender Inclusion, Women in Trade and Safe Zones Safe Trade Emergency Facility Programme Alarmed by potential decline of trade in Eastern Africa, and resulting jobs and export losses due to Covid-19, many governments in the region [...]

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August 24, 2020

TZ on course in investment innovation

TANZANIA is on the right track in investment innovation and continuity as well as in increasing trade– a key model to drive economic transformation for sustainable and inclusive prosperity. The country has surged forward with huge pace and resilience in the past five years under President John Magufuli ahead of other East African Community (EAC) […]

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August 24, 2020

OPINION: Cooperatives help cross border traders stay in business during COVID-19

Collective support can help communities with financial backing, advice and information Violeta Gonzalez Behar is Head of Partnerships, Outreach, and Resource Mobilization, Enhanced Integrated Framework, World Trade Organization  Toyin Abiodun is Strategic Advisor to Ministry of Trade and Industry, Rwanda It’s March 2020 and a quarter of the world is in lockdown. In the small […]

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August 24, 2020

Collective trading transforms a widow’s fortune

Modesta Nekesa, 31, has been a farmer for most of her adult life. However, it was not until two years ago that she started making money from her land by cultivating and selling a crop that was unfamiliar in her community – chilli. Ms. Nekesa lives in Busia, a town on the Kenya-Uganda border where […]

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August 17, 2020

Uganda to Benefit from UK’s $6.3m Program Supporting Export Chains in Developing Countries

The UK Government has announced it will help British businesses strengthen their global supply chains by supporting workers in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ghana during the coronavirus pandemic. The facility, made up of £4.85 million (Shs 23bn) UK aid and £2 million (Shs 9.5bn) from businesses, will focus primarily on supply chains and […]

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August 11, 2020

Coronavirus adds extra strain on Africa’s supply chain

Poor infrastructure, logistical hurdles and high prices are some of the challenges that have affected Africa’s food supply. With border closures and night curfews, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these problems. In the busy market of Baba Dogo — a town located northeast of Nairobi, Kenya — Irene Kwira sells clothing she imports from China, Uganda and […]

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August 3, 2020

EU launches Sh66.25 million ‘Pamoja Dhidi ya Corona’ initiative

Nairobi’s informal settlements of Mathare and Kibera are set to benefit from an initiative dubbed Pamoja Dhidi ya Corona. The initiative was launched by Search For Common Ground with the support of the European Union to help marginalised communities in Kenya fight Covid-19 pandemic. At a cost of Sh66.25 million, the 15-month initiative will help […]

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August 3, 2020

‘C’wealth Advantage’ can harness trade for post-Covid-19 recovery

Summary: Bio Born in Dominica, she is the sixth Commonwealth Secretary-General and second SG from the Caribbean and first woman to hold the post. Grew up in East London and was first black woman to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1991. At 35, she was also the youngest woman ever to be made […]

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July 28, 2020

COVID-19 Testing for Truck Drivers Helps Open Trade in IOM-TMEA Partnership

Nairobi – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, is providing COVID-19 testing to thousands of truck drivers on Kenya’s borders. It’s part of a regional and national effort to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and reopen trade across the East and Horn of Africa. Over 4,500 truck drivers and crews are being tested for the […]

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