Malawi Bureau of Standards Laboratory Upgrade Unlocks Export Potential
Blantyre, Malawi, 13 May 2026 – Malawian exporters can now test their products to international standards at home, following a handover of a major UK-funded upgrade to the Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS). The investment delivers cutting-edge laboratory facilities and the country’s first internationally recognised accreditation. The handover ceremony, held at MBS headquarters in Blantyre, […]
EAC SPS Bill: A Decade of Work Puts Billions in Agri-Food Trade Within Reach
The EAC SPS Bill could become one of East Africa’s most commercially significant trade reforms of the past decade. The draft Bill, a joint common legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS), is the result of years of technical work by the East African Community (EAC) and TradeMark Africa. If completed and enforced properly, […]
Modernization of border posts: TradeMark Africa equips Ivorian Customs with the support of the United Kingdom
The Ivorian Customs Administration has received a significant shipment of computer equipment donated by TradeMark Africa, with financial support from the UK-FCDO. This initiative aims to strengthen the technological capabilities of border posts, particularly at the Noé border crossing and in the eastern border areas with Ghana. At the official handover ceremony on Thursday, May […]
Tanzania-Kenya Business Forum 2026 Drives Cross-Border Trade and Investment
Dar es Salaam, 4 May 2026: The Tanzania-Kenya Business Forum 2026 brought together more than 1,300 public and private sector leaders this week to advance cross-border trade, investment and regional integration. TradeMark Africa (TMA) supported the Forum, held in Dar es Salaam during the State Visit of H.E. Dr William Samoei Ruto, President of the […]
Trade facilitation: Ivory Coast accelerates its reforms to become a regional hub
The sixth meeting of the National Monitoring Committee (CNS) of the Trade Facilitation Programme was held this Wednesday, May 6, 2026 in Abidjan, with the ambition of consolidating achievements and giving new impetus to the reforms undertaken to facilitate trade in Côte d’Ivoire. Led by the Ivorian government with the support of TradeMark Africa, this […]
Togwajaale Border Bridge Reconstruction Begins as TMA and Sweden Break Ground
Togwajaale, 4 May 2026: TradeMark Africa(TMA) today held a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Togwajaale border bridge, a critical trade link between Somaliland and Ethiopia along the Berbera corridor. The event marked a major milestone in enhancing regional trade and connectivity for the two border regions around Togwajaale. The project is being implemented […]
Zambia, DRC move to strengthen small-scale cross-border trade ahead of Simplified Trade Regime rollout at Kasumbalesa Border
Chingola, Zambia/DRC – 30 April 2026 – The Governments of the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening formal cross-border trade and improving livelihoods for small-scale traders through a high-level technical engagement on the operationalisation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) at the Kasumbalesa […]
Mozambique validates data-driven Trade and Transport Observatory to tackle delays on Beira Corridor
New platform targets bottlenecks at port and border as study shows delays and NTBs are driving costs across the corrido Maputo, Mozambique, 29 April 2026 – Mozambique is taking an important step towards improving efficiencies along the Beira Corridor, with government officials, development partners and private sector players validating a new Trade and Transport Observatory […]
L’énergie solaire permet de réduire les coûts d’électricité à la frontière de Malaba jusqu’à 90 %
Malaba, le 27 avril 2026 : Le poste frontalier de Malaba (OSBP), l’un des points de passage de marchandises les plus fréquentés du Kenya, a réduit ses coûts d’électricité d’environ 90 % après avoir converti une grande partie de ses opérations frontalières à l’énergie solaire, réduisant ainsi le risque que des coupures de courant retardent […]
Solar power cuts Malaba border electricity costs by up to 90%
Malaba, 27 April 2026: Malaba OSBP, one of Kenya’s busiest cargo crossings, has cut its electricity costs by about 90% after switching much of its border operations to solar power, reducing the risk that power outages will delay cargo clearance along the Northern Corridor. The upgrade was implemented through TradeMark Africa (TMA) under the Swedish-funded […]