Makueni mango output reaches 183,891 tons in Kenya
Makueni remains one of Kenya’s main mango-producing regions, with an estimated 183,891 metric tonnes harvested in the 2024 season out of the country’s annual output of about 650,000 metric tonnes. The county’s Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperative Development held a two-day forum with Trademark Africa, an EU-funded agency supporting fair trade and market […]
Brilliant Borders Kenya’s Customs goes digital
Busia, Monday 24 November 2025 – A smart digital solution to simplify trade, speed up clearance of goods, and modernise border operations has been launched today in Kenya, as part of a 15-year partnership to accelerate trade growth across the country’s borders. Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), in collaboration with TradeMark Africa (TMA) and the British […]
ECOWAS hosts the East African Community (EAC) in Ghana as Peer Learning Culminates in Action to Strengthen Trade Standards and Systems along the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor
19 November 2025. Accra, Ghana. The ECOWAS Commission and TradeMark Africa, with support from the UK Government through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have convened the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards (SPS)/Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Forum in Accra, Ghana, to address quality challenges affecting trade competitiveness along West Africa’s busiest trade […]
HoBIS 2025 Strengthens Market Pathways for Tanzania’s Horticulture Sector
Dar es Salaam, 18 November 2025: Tanzania’s horticulture sector is shaping a more predictable and commercially viable future for farmers and agribusinesses as coordinated reforms and targeted investment strengthen market access and improve compliance systems. This direction was evident at the Horticulture Business and Investment Summit, HoBIS 2025, where over 400 growers, exporters, policymakers, financiers […]
Renforcement de la coopération du secteur privé sur le corridor Djibouti-Éthiopie lors du Forum B2B soutenu par l’Union européenne
Djibouti, République de Djibouti, 29 septembre 2025 – Les Chambres de commerce de Djibouti et d’Éthiopie ont annoncé le lancement d’une initiative régionale visant à améliorer la facilitation des échanges et l’efficacité logistique sur le corridor Djibouti-Éthiopie. A l’occasion de ce deuxième Forum d’affaires B2B Djibouti-Éthiopie à Djibouti, des représentants des secteurs public et privé […]
Private sector cooperation along the Djibouti-Ethiopia corridor strengthened during the B2B Forum supported by the European Union
Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, 29 September 2025 – The Chambers of Commerce of Djibouti and Ethiopia have announced the launch of a regional initiative aimed specifically to improve trade facilitation and logistical efficiency on the Djibouti-Ethiopia corridor. At the second Djibouti-Ethiopia B2B Business Forum in Djibouti, representatives from the public and private sectors of both […]
Rwanda’s SOUK Farms marks milestone with inaugural 24-tonne avocado shipment to the EU
Rwanda began on a high with SOUK Farms, a Value-added Initiative to Boost Employment (VIBE) programme participant, dispatching its inaugural consignment of Hass avocados to the European Union (EU) on 4 September 2025. Weighing in at 24 tonnes, the shipment travelled from Kigali via the Mombasa–Rotterdam Sea route, marking the company’s transition to full capacity […]
Les acteurs du secteur de la pêche en Zambie réfléchissent à des pistes pour une croissance durable et inclusive de la chaîne de valeur
Le secteur de la pêche en Zambie s’est engagé à adopter une approche renouvelée et coordonnée en faveur d’une croissance durable et inclusive lors d’un appel lancé lors du Forum national des parties prenantes du secteur de la pêche, qui s’est tenu du 11 au 13 août 2025 à l’hôtel Holiday Inn de Lusaka. Cet […]
L’Ouganda lance la construction du premier marché transfrontalier résilient au changementclimatique, adapté aux personnes handicapées et sensible à la dimension de genre à Elegu
L’Ouganda s’est rapproché de la résolution des problèmes chroniques liés aux infrastructures, à l’assainissement et aux vulnérabilités climatiques cycliques qui affectent les commerçants de la ville d’Elegu, une zone commerciale clé du nord de l’Ouganda, grâce au lancement de la construction d’un marché résilient au climat et sensible au genre, d’un montant de 9,9 millions […]
Working with exporters to enhance their export capacity – The Case of SOSOMA Industries Limited in Rwanda
1. BACKGROUND The overarching goal of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 is to transform the country into a lower middle income economy by improving its competitiveness while ensuring unity and inclusive growth and development. Significant strides towards achieving this vision have been made especially regarding improvements in the country’s business environment and competitiveness. The African economic outlook […]