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“The longer we take, the longer it will take us time to develop, we will have nobody else to blame instead let’s point fingers at ourselves. If we will not involve women let us stop pointing fingers at any other person because we have our means and ways of how to liberate ourselves so the […]
Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Tuesday last week opened the 23rd meeting of the intergovernmental committee of senior officials and experts from 14 eastern African countries in Asmara, Eritrea insisting on the importance of increasing regional trade and implementing the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Leveraging […]
COMESA and Trade Mark East Africa (TMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote trade in the region by removing obstacles that impede the smooth flow or trade among the Member States in the region. Working closely with international and regional organizations, such as Trade Mark East Africa, national institutions, the private sector […]
The Inter African Coffee Organisation (IACO) has joined forces with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) to launch the Ksh.95 billion ($950 million) ‘Africa Coffee Facility’ (ACF) to boost Africa’s coffee industry and achieve a 40 percent increase in high-quality exports worth $5 billion a year. The […]
Symposium on Inclusive Participation of Women in Trade, which took place in Nairobi in September, was co-organised by Professor Leïla Choukroune and attended by Nancy, who is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Business and Law. Nancy says: ‘The Symposium dealt with the broader perspective of emerging global issues in trade and narrowed down […]
Overview Strategy 2 Results Framework Projects Evaluated Projects Impact Stories Impact Stories Contact brief Gender Context & Overview. TMA is committed to ensuring that men and women gain equal opportunities from the organisation’s initiatives that are geared at increased trade and business competitiveness. As with Strategy I, TMA will continue with a targeted approach through [...]
Did you know that Uganda is the Birthplace of Robusta Coffee? Robusta is 80 percent of the country’s total exports of 4.6 million (60kg) bags. Uganda is Africa’s leading Coffee exporting country and second largest producer on the continent. Currently Uganda produces about 4.6 million (60kg bags) valued at about $500m. Coffee employs 5m Ugandans […]
East African Community ( EAC )member states have been urged to should eliminate NTBs and implement agreed EAC directives to boost intra EAC trade to 50 percent. According to the East African Business Council CEO Mr. Peter Mathuki, business community and officials from Trade Facilitation Agencies should embrace the vision of a borderless East Africa for […]
The East African Business Council (EABC) and Trade and Markets East Africa (TMA) are calling on East African Community borders to eliminate Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) and implement agreed EAC directives to boost intra EAC trade to 50 percent which currently stands at 12 percent. This was said by Hon. Peter Mathuki, EABC CEO on Monday […]
Collaboration between Trademark East Africa (TMA) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa resulted last week in a dinner roundtable to discuss how to make the African Continental Free Trade Area work for women and youth. Speaking at the event, Andrew Mold, Acting Director praised the collaboration between ECA and TMA, saying that such partnerships […]