Malawi launches Single Digital Portal to automate, streamline trade processes and expand market access
Blantyre, 12 March 2025: The Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI), in collaboration with TradeMark Africa (TMA), has today launched the Single Digital Platform (SDP), a digital solution that automates MCCCI’s trade facilitation and membership management processes to enhance service delivery for businesses. The launch was officiated by Malawi’s Minister of Trade […]
Cutting Trade Costs, One Transport Corridor at a Time, TMA’s Annual report highlights governments’ bold efforts to streamline trade
Download The Annual Report Nairobi, Kenya – 13 March 2025 – TradeMark Africa’s (TMA) 2023/2024 Annual Report reveals significant improvements in trade efficiency across East, Southern, the Horn, and parts of West Africa. Regulatory document issuance for livestock and fish products in Tanzania has reduced from two weeks to one hour, and truck clearance times […]
Zanzibar Bureau of Standards and TradeMark Africa Launches Digital Quality Assurance System to Strengthen Market Competitiveness
Zanzibar, Tanzania 20 February 2025: The Zanzibar Bureau of Standards (ZBS), in collaboration with TradeMark Africa (TMA) and with funding from UK International Development, Ireland, and Norway, has launched the Integrated Standardisation, Quality Assurance, Metrology, and Testing (iSQMT) system that will significantly streamline certification, product testing, and compliance services for businesses. The system is set to […]
Charting the Roadmap for Successful Delivery of the Fisheries Program for Women and Youth in Africa
Partners of the Women and Youth Economic Empowerment in Fisheries through Inclusive Market Access program gathered in Nairobi for a two-day workshop on February 26-27, 2025. The workshop focused on assessing progress in work plans, financial compliance, safeguarding measures, and gender considerations to ensure the successful implementation of the four-year initiative. Organized by TradeMark Africa (TMA), the […]
East African Business Leaders Join Forces with Tanzania Government to Enhance Efficiency at Dar es Salaam Port
Group photograph of TMA Board Member, Sanjay Rughani (third from left), and TMA’s Regional Director for East and Central Africa, Monica Hangi (second from left), with a delegation of business leaders from across East Africa and senior government officials. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 22 February 2025: Business leaders from across East Africa convened at Dar es […]
New Netherlands-funded export-oriented market access project to boost Burundi’s exports and economic growth
Bujumbura, Burundi – February 20th, 2025: A new market access project for enterprises in Burundi, dubbed UGUSHORA (to sell/export in Kirundi), has been launched to support economic development and job creation in the country by supporting export-oriented investments and businesses. The project is funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Burundi and implemented by […]
EU, Denmark to Fund Uganda’s First Climate-Resilient Market
Uganda is set to build its first climate-resilient market at Elegu, backed by funding from the European Union and Denmark. The facility will host up to 1500 trader and will be designed to endure extreme weather disruptions, particularly flooding, which has long plagued the border town. The announcement was made yesterday during the Uganda-EU Business […]
Trademark Africa Names Lillian Mwai Ndegwa As Kenya Country Director Amid Push For Sustainable Trade Expansion
Nairobi, February 11, 2025 – TradeMark Africa (TMA) has appointed Ms. Lillian Mwai Ndegwa as the Country Director for its Kenya Programme signalling a renewed push to implement its new multi-million-dollar strategy in support of Kenya’s goal of expanding its exports, leverage Africa Continental Free Trade Area, and attract high-value investments, placing her at the forefront of these efforts. With […]
EAC unveils Single Customs Territory platform for customs and port data exchange to ease trade
Unveiling of the Revamped Single Customs Territory Centralised Platform Enhances Regional Trade Arusha, January 27, 2025: The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has launched the upgraded Single Customs Territory (SCT) Centralised Platform, a tool designed to facilitate the seamless exchange of customs and trade data in real-time among interconnected Partner States’ Customs and Ports Authorities. The […]
EU backed Addis Business Conference Explores Ways to Reduce Transport Time on Ethio-Djibouti Corridor
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22 January 2025 – The Ethio-Logistics Sectoral Association (ELSA), in partnership with TradeMark Africa (TMA), is hosting a two-day conference aimed at improving trade and addressing barriers within the Ethiopia-Djibouti trade corridor. Supported by the European Union (EU) through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the conference, which began yesterday, concludes today, […]