TradeMark Africa, in Partnership with AMSCO Development Solutions Limited is set to roll out a capacity building and mentorship program for 2,000 Women Informal Cross Border Traders and Women Entrepreneurs in South Sudan.
Thursday, October 22, 2020| Nairobi, Kenya The Women in Trade Programme aims at benefitting 2,000 women traders across the borders of Nimule, Kaya and Nadapal and will focus on improving the trading environment for women in trade as well as build trade capacity of women traders, SMEs and Cooperatives. The Women in Trade is a […]
Government of Kenya and TMA sign Kes. 1.31 Billion Financing Agreements to support infrastructure development in Mombasa, Busia and Malaba
Nairobi, 3 November 2020: The Government of Kenya (GOK) and TradeMark Africa (TMA), today signed four (4) financing agreements of Kes.1.31 Billion to support construction of four infrastructure projects in Mombasa, Malaba and Busia. The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning Hon. Amb. Ukur Yatani and TMA Chief Operating Officer Mr. David Stanton signed on […]
Rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu Railway Line and Construction of the Gulu Logistics Hub, to improve trade and transport links unlocking the economic potential of Northern Uganda
Gulu, 23rd October 2020: H.E. President Yoweri Museveni today participated in the groundbreaking of the rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu Railway Line and the Gulu Logistics Hub. The ceremony was also attended by Other dignitaries included Uganda’s Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. Edward Katumba Wamala, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Uganda, H. E. Attilio Pacifici, […]
Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers in East Africa
This brief summarises and sets in context the results of the UK Department for International Development – DFID (now part of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDO). Commissioned independent evaluation of TradeMark Africa (TMA) programmes, which includes support to the removal of Non-Tariff Barriers. With a focus on the East African Community (EAC) states […]
East African Tourism Platform
INTRA-REGIONAL TOURISM IN FOCUS FOR EATP AS EAC RE-OPENS The East African region as a tourism destination is well renown, mainly due to its unique attractions. It has some of Africa’s most evocative safari destinations and the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas. From Wildebeest over the savannah in the Serengeti-Maasai Mara ecosystem, rhinos stand in […]
Treading carefully in the pursuit of sustainable trade
Trade has evolved over the years from just being the engine for economic growth to being more responsive to equitable development, environmental stewardship, and green growth. Sustainable trade requires countries to tread carefully in balancing the triple bottom line of people, profits, and planet – each being dependent on the other. International standards aid this […]
Crisis? What crisis? COVID-19 and the unexpected recovery of regional trade in East Africa
By Andrew Mold and Anthony Mveyange from Brookings institute At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, such was the scale of the economic disruption caused by lockdown measures that there was much talk of the collapse of global trade. In the midst of the lockdowns, in April, the World Trade Organization estimated that the decline would amount from anywhere between 13 and 32 […]
TradeMark Africa Presents Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to Government of Burundi to Boost Fight Against Covid-19
Kobero, Burundi, 24th September 2020 – Regional Aid for Trade Agency TradeMark Africa (TMA) has this morning handed over Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to front line agents working at Burundi’s key borders- in order to protect lives in Burundi and strengthen the war against Covid-19. The PPEs presented were funded by UKAID through TradeMark Africa. […]
EAC Rolls Out Regional Electronic Cargo And Driver Tracking System
Arusha, 08/09/2020: The East Africa Community (EAC) Secretariat and its Partner States today held a virtual roll out event to mark the technical completion and development of Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System (RECDTS). RECDTS is designed as a mobile phone application and will enable the issuance of the EAC COVID-19 digital certificates that […]
OPINION: Building resilience in Africa’s food supply chain after Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruption to the global economy and world trade. Many countries have locked down their borders, or severely restricted freedoms in a bid to contain community transmission of the virus. Globally, 3 billion people depend on international trade for their food security; a huge number of them are in Africa. […]