Safe Trade Zones provide respite for small scale cross border women traders – Ethiopia
TradeMark Africa with project implementing partner Horn of Africa Voluntary Youth Committee (HAVOYOCO), project donors European Union, IGAD and Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office launched a modern market project on the Ethiopia and Somaliland border under the Safe Trade Zones. This market for informal women traders in Ethiopia’s border is being constructed with key health […]
The road that will change everything
The route is simply called Route 200. It’s part of the greater Berbera Corridor starting from Berbera Port all the way to Ethiopia at Tog Wajaale. With over US$16,600,425 funding from United Kingdom’ s Agency for International Development channelled through TradeMark Africa (TMA); Somaliland’s Ministry of Transport and Roads Development is representing the government in […]
The Secrets of Women of Tog Wajaale
At the onset of COVID-19, the Government of Somaliland issued directives to manage the spread of the virus. On top of complete lockdowns, curfews, and closing of borders, public health measures were enforced in most public places. Although vital in curbing the spread of the virus, these measures significantly impacted on trade particularly micro and […]
A ‘blossoming partnership’: digital corridor drives Kenyan flower exports to UK
International trade, however, has a huge part to play in keeping the UK’s florists stocked with fresh cut flowers. The second top import market to the UK for flowers is Kenya, which supplies just over 8 percent of British-sold flowers, or 10,000 tons, worth not far off £67 million. Cut flowers account for 25% of […]
Automation of Tanzania’s Mercantile Exchange trading system eases Commodity Trading in Tanzania
Tanzania has one of the biggest agricultural sectors in Africa, with multiple commodities produced and exported to multiple markets in the world. Dominant agricultural commodities marked for export include cashew nuts, tobacco, cotton, cocoa, tea, and sesame. These commodities have recorded significant increase in exports over years. However, gains to farmers and communities engaged in […]
Unclogging supply chain bottlenecks: So, truckers connect us to our favourite things
The goods arrive at the port of Mombasa in big, lumbering mysterious ships. They come with impossible names like Kota Gadang, Si Hang Yun, Fox, Tramper. They come sailing under the flags of Singapore, Japan, India, Sierra Leone, Panama, China, bringing in palm oil, sorghum, kapok, coconut, sisal, cotton, vehicles, fertiliser, motorbike parts, sugar etc. […]
East African and international political leaders and financial experts highlight sustainable investment best practice
The Secretary General of East African Community today joined more than 150 African business leaders, financial experts and diplomats in the Nairobi EU-Africa Green Talk to share investment best practice and outline how to mobilise private sector support for sustainable development across Africa. “Recent innovative investment across East Africa has transformed access for millions of […]
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 […]
Kirabira George: from reluctant farmer to maize standards champion
Before the Kagera War in 1979, Kirabira George Kamya, now 61, had qualified to be a primary school teacher in his village in South Eastern Uganda. His dream of becoming a headmaster at his childhood school was one of the casualties of the war. He worked as a teacher for two years before the ensuing […]
Made in Tanzania electronic certificates of origin a delight to Tanzania-based exporters
From commercial to regulatory formalities, export procedures are often burdensome and time consuming for the average businessperson. Small delays in the implementation of any of these or more procedures have the potential to bring serious negative impact on businesses. “Buyers’ minds are often directed at obtaining a quality service or product, and in a timely manner. They are […]